Lincoln Park High School

4-4-1 Policy

Students and Parents need to be aware that Lincoln Park has a policy in place to help curb student tardiness and unexcused absenteeism. This policy will be in it's THIRD year of use this year and we have found it to be quite successful.

The policy is as follows:

Every time a student is late to class it is recorded by the teacher as a "tardy." Once a student has accumulated FOUR (4) tardies, they will be counted as one CUT.
Every time a is UNEXCUSED absent from a class, whether it is just that one class or the whole day unexcused (which is TRUANT), it counts as a CUT as well.
Every FOUR (4) CUTS (unexcused absence AND Tardies to Cuts) will result in class grade being lowered ONE (1) letter grade.

4 tardies ---> 1 cut

4 cuts ---> 1 letter grade lower

Parents and students can monitor attendance and grades using the Parent and Student Portals respectively.