You're Late!

I have been teaching for 31 years. Students being tardy to school has always been a problem. However, it seems like the problem has gotten worse the last few years. At my school, when students arrive to school late, they report to the office for a Tardy Slip. Check out the photo below. This is the stack of tardy slips that my students (a class of 15 students) have accumulated since Christmas break. Keep in mind this only about six weeks with two holidays and two snow days thrown in. The quarter is for scale to show the height of the stack of tardy slips. It may not seem like a big deal, but when a student is late to school, they miss a lot of information.