The Middle School tardy tracker system has decreased tardies significantly in students, this was implemented by William Pulgarin, Middle School Principal, with the help of other teachers.

At the beginning of the year, this system was implemented in middle school, and the results of its effectivity are now showing in the reports of punctual assistance of students. This new system was created because the number of tardies was increasing tremendously and it was taking away hours of education.

“Since we introduced the tardy tracker, tardies have significantly dropped in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, in 7th grade we’ve seen the biggest impact,” Pulgarin said. 

Geraldine Salazar, Middle School secretary, explained that the tracker is a system that counts the tardies, and as that number goes up different consequences are applied, the last one being a parent-teacher meeting with the principals. 

“When a student gets to 4 tardies it sends an email to their parents when it gets to 8 it sends them a homework assignment, 10 it sends bandura a message, and Bandura has to meet with the student, and 14 its a parent-teacher conference,” Pulgarin said.

Although this tardy tracker brought benefits and decreased the tardies, many students stated that its an added stress to them because they don’t want emails sent to their parents. 

“I think that this system has helped me a lot in getting early to class, but it stresses me a lot because if my parents get notified it brings problems at home,” Jose Miguel, 7th grader, said.

There is controversy with this system amongst students, but almost all teachers agreed that it only brought benefits to the learning and overall environment of the classes.

“The tardy tracker is a much better system than the last one because it has decreased tardies, also there’s a tardy tracker toy clock called Teddy that motivates students and reminds them that it’s for their own benefit,” Jeremy Gleason, 8th-grade teacher, said.

Various students stated that the tracker has helped them stay focused, and even though it stresses them, its a motivation to get early to class and be responsible for worth their education. 

“Right now our middle school tardy rate is at 0.9%. We’re even below than when we started using the system,” Pulgarin said.