Students hit snooze on the new attendance policy
By Anna Kronthal, Opinions Editor
March 3, 2020
There are countless reasons students may not be within their classroom’s door frame at the second the bell rings commencing the beginning of a period. Whether they have to use the bathroom before class, carpool to school with siblings, can’t find parking or get stuck in the sometimes unpredictable ...
Tardiness task force called to combat attendance issues
By Jordyn Green, Online Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2020
The morning bell rings for WCHS AT 7:45 AM. Instruction begins, and students are expected to be in class. However, this is exactly the contrary. Students arrive 10, 20 even 30 minutes late, flocking the hallways instead of learning. This problem, dubbed “the Tardiness Epidemic,” is one being appro...
MCPS attendance goes online with absence notes
By Olivia Parven
Staff Writer
October 24, 2011
The MCPS central office implemented a new "quick link" to every school’s website Aug. 29 that allows parents to electronically submit their children’s absence notes. The parent must enter online all of the information usually required on a paper absence form, with the addition of the parent...
New policy changes for students across the county
By By: Julie Kracov, Online Arts Editor
and Stacey Stein, Online Breaking News Editor
September 8, 2011
MCPS implemented new cell phone and attendance policies that allow students more flexibility in using their phones while the attendance policy creates stricter guidelines to ensure that all students attend class. The new cell phone policy allows students to use phones before and after school and during...
Attendance policy aims to keep students in class
By By Jon Sosner, Staff Writer
September 30, 2010
The bell rings. There are three questions left on the social studies exam. After staying two minutes late finishing the last questions, the teacher won’t issue a pass, causing a tardy for the next class. With the new tardy policy, this could mean that being late to class can now get th...