Who gets let in and who gets pushed out
The school has been promoting the new, “in good standing policy” since the start of the year, but is that really what’s best?
Freshman Katie Ramon, says no because, “no one is really paying attention to that sort of thing.” he thinks it only creates more consequences.
For her it just feels a little too strict, “like if you’re late to class once you get detention.” She believes that they just need to give kids some time as “they’re just maturing.”
Freshman Paris Tillman takes a more ambiguous stance. ”For some people [the policy] is [working] but for some people it’s not. It’s only working for kids that want to make it and want to graduate.”
Homecoming seems to be the way that the administration is hoping to reach these kids by making them care about their standing. If they aren’t in good standing then they can’t attend the dance.
Sophomore Rafael Lopez and Juniors Josue Cruz and Edwin Garcia, however, say that they don’t care about their standing in the slightest, even with homecoming approaching, because they aren’t going.
But are they really telling the truth?
Domesha Nunn, RU supervisor, believes that “in real life every child cares, but I believe that why it doesn’t seem so is because they follow their friends.”
According to Nunn “we do have quite a few kids who are missing homecoming for those reasons,” referring to In Good Standing.
Nunn sees room for improvement with this system as kids “need to be a part of their community” and “I feel like we’re pushing out a lot of good kids.”
It was possible for students to attend Saturday school to clear up attendance and tardy issues but many waited until the last minute.
According to Student Interventionist Christopher Luffman, “Last week did not [fill up, but] this week it’s already full.”
The in good standing policy is one that is neither inherently good nor bad. Whether it makes a real difference to the school is yet to be seen.
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