Tardiness for school, class, assembly, or assigned study time is a distraction to other students, is disrespectful to the teacher or presenter, and causes the tardy student to miss important information. A student arriving late to school must check in at the main office. Failure to do so, or arriving late to school without a legitimate excuse from a parent/guardian, will result in detention or other consequences. Students arriving late to a class will be marked tardy by the teacher if they arrive to class after the four-minute passing period. Teachers will notify the Deans' Office if a student is repeatedly or excessively tardy. Leaving a class or assembly before dismissal by the teacher will be treated in a similar matter. The tardy will become an absence after ten minutes.