The Importance Of Being Late At Dierks High School

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At Dierks High School, there is one rule that bounteous parents and students do not agree to. This rule has caused ample people trouble that they shouldn’t have been in. The rule that several people want changed is, students that can’t drive themselves to school, should not get detention for being late for class hence the parent didn’t get them to school on time.
In the past couple of years, some students have gotten disciplined for being late for school when it wasn’t their fault. The parent took too long at their house and didn’t access the student to school on time. When these students walked into class late because their parent didn’t access them to school on time, they got detention. Multitudinous parents have complained to the school

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