Last month over the PA system it was announced that D-Halls were to be assigned for every tardy. Immediately, every student began complaining about the new policy, but it really isn’t a new policy.
“D-Halls have always been there,” vice principal Peter Braveboy said. “It’s just that this year we tried something positive instead of negative to stop them.”
It is true, D-Halls have always been the penalty for being late to class, but students were still surprised by the announcement.
“I don’t think many people knew because D-Halls weren’t assigned,” senior Kevin Ruddy said.
RIDER PRIDE was the positive new way to eliminate tardies this year. Administration repealed the D-Halls for tardies in place of RIDER PRIDE, but now D-Halls are back in place.
“It worked well in the first six weeks, but when second six weeks, began there were more and more tardies, and we had to go back to D-Halls,” Braveboy said.
The D-Halls aren’t the only new policy within the last week, now, students are not allowed to stand outside on the front porch of the school during lunch.
“There were fights, threats and kids smoking in the alleys,” Braveboy said.
If behavior is better, Braveboy said they might change the policy and let students stand outside at lunch again.