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Show New Utah - Thursday, March 4, 2004 - Page 14 ' I hfSl ft At Lehi High School, it doesn't pay to be tardy to do. By Elisabeth Nardi Utah Valiey staff If Trevor Neardin doesn't want to get up and go to school these days, his mom, Rhonda, just reminds him that it could cost him more than just class time. Starting this week, Neardin and his classmates at Lehi High School may be fined $5 if they are found outside of class after the final bell rings. The fine is a new addition to Lehi's tardy policy implemented this week after school officials decided to cut down on the number of students roaming the halls when they are supposed sup-posed to be in class. The new plan has teachers teach-ers lock their classroom doors once during the day after a chosen period or break and after the second tardy bell rings. Any students left in the hall are gathered up by administrators, have their names taken down and are given the option of either owing the school $5 or enrolling in attendance school, a mandatory study hall that takes place at 6:30 a.m. The lockout will happen everyday this week and will then sporadically throughout through-out the rest of the school year. While not everyone is happy with the school's solution solu-tion to the problem, school officials think the plan is working. Neardin, 17, said the tardy policy seems to be a little lit-tle unfair. "I think it is good for the kids who never go to class, but I don't think it is good for some of us who are just late sometimes to have to pay for it," he said, adding that he would pay the $5 rather than go to attendance school. Principal Sheldon Wor-thington Wor-thington said it's a bigger problem than students just wanting to sleep in. Before the policy was implemented, there would be 200 to 300 students roaming the halls when they should have been in class, he said. Since Monday, Mon-day, he has already seen a change. He gave 16 tardy slips to students after the first lockout. "Today, after lunch, in the hallway I was looking down, I saw three kids where I would normally see 50," he said on Monday. "This is not to slam dunk kids but rather help them in their progression progres-sion towards graduating." If a student has a good excuse for being late, which an administrator will determine, deter-mine, then the student won't be cited, Worthington said. Mark Ellis, a parent of Lehi senior Sara Ellis, said he is not against the policy, but he is unhappy with the way it was implemented. Ellis found out about the school's tardiness problem through the flyer sent home last week describing the new policy. He said parents need to talk to their children, as he did with his daughter after he realized the problem existed. "My daughter is one of the offenders; she loves to sleep Handbell Ringers plan spring concert The Utah Valley Handbell Hand-bell Ringers will have a free spring concert consisting of pieces both classic and lighthearted. It will be held March 6 at the Rock Canyon Worship Center, 3410 N. Canyon Rd. in Provo. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Karen Eskew-Wyllie has more information at 489-8187. in and loves to stay up late wow, she's a teenager," Ellis said. "And in the end who is going to pay for it? My daughter doesn't work during dur-ing the school year. I didn't do it. Why should I pay for it?" :.; Ellis said he questions why school officials are going to such extremes before trying try-ing anything else, like better enforcement of the old policy. But Worthington said the money simply matters more to some teens. Under the old tardy policy, which is still in place, a student stu-dent was allowed four tardies. On the fifth tardy, the student had to go to attendance school or receive a "non-grade" on his or her report card. tt 1 now nolicv, U the student doesn't pay the fine, or go to attendance school, he or she will be unable to register for classes in the next semester. Worthington Wor-thington said the problem with the old policy was that some students were only coming to school for the social portion, not for the academics. difference if on time and, , j ..,v.r wprp fail- some stuaenuB wii" int? in their classes so it does n't make any tVipv were in honestly, there have been some teachers who were lax in the tardiness policy" he said. Rhonda Neardin, who also is co-chair of the Lehi High School Community Council, pnf-TV,..i "kKiH ner on it i8 money would f i V i sif if Y ; 75H1 D J !V-N jj D 1 Ey V ft-1 ) j f--4jdaUlMiM,fliJ r: LHrranniHHijX- 1 L V Dear Friends and Neighbors, ,,'s sad bU, .rue. 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