The beginning of the 2018 school year brought many changes to Arlington High School’s policies.
The new late work policy is one of the bigger changes to impact students and grades.
The policy states that for the first two days the work is late it is -10 points a day. Then, after two days the work is no longer accepted, and becomes a zero. Ms. Parham, a math teacher at Arlington High School, believes the new policy will prepare students for college and real world jobs. “College professors don’t accept late work, and you can’t turn in work late in the work force either”. While Luke Kerns, a student at Arlington High School has a different take on the policy saying that, “overall I just don’t like it, because it does not give enough time for work.” Luke thinks that teenagers are still learning, and should get, “at least an extra day or two before its considered a zero.” Speaking on the strictness of the policy, Mrs. Parham states that, “the policy is not too strict … and two days is sufficient to turn work in”. While they disagree on the strictness of the policy, both Luke and Mrs. Parham agree that the new policy will help increase responsibility of students.