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Show Board of Education readies tardy policy FARMINGTON Acting on a suggestion submitted by Board of Education member Henry E. Heath, the board has given tentative approval to a minimum standard district tardy policy. The one paragraph statement will be reviewed by the secondary school principals and will appear as an action item in the board's Feb. 17 meeting. Mr. Heath's suggested language says, "The permanent academic grade of a student shall not be reduced solely on the basis of a predetermined number of tardies in a particular class. Administrators and-or teachers shall have the discretion to implement im-plement tardy policies which include provisions for assigning an incomplete grade to a student who has excessive tardiness in a particular class. The student shall be given the opportunity to make up the incomplete grade." Mr. Heath stressed that this is a district minimum standard, leaving a lot of discretion to individual schools and teachers. |