Detention and In School Suspension (ISS)

Detention and In School Suspension (ISS)

This makes no sense to me. Especially the latter. Champlin Park's goal is basically for every student to strive for academic excellence, why pull the students out of class to sit in a room all day and look at a wall? They say that the kid is a disturbance, but are they?

Example- Student has nine tardies to class. They are given ISS.

Now what's the point of this? Being late to class truly isn't a disturbance. Maybe it's annoying for the teacher, they have to go back into the system and do attendance, but who cares? To pull the kid out of class for the entire day and let them fall even more behind in their classes is stupid. Excuse my language, but there is no point to it. That isn't a fair way to discipline a student. Even more low down, they get ISS on the last week of the trimester. It is the student's fault for being late, but the consequences for that don't make sense.

I only included detention because I don't really see the point in disciplining students for tardies like that. I know it isn't that big of a deal, but I don't like the principle behind it. If the student is consistently late, their grades will suffer (probably). Why not just let the kids have the responsibility of being in class on time?

I mean, maybe school officials are scared of asking too much of us dumb children.

PS - I see the point of ISS and detention for other reasons such as fighting. That truly is disturbing.

PPS - Why does the school get involved in every aspect of life? For instance, when a kid gets a minor for drinking during the summer or during the school year. That doesn't disturb anything, yet they still receive consequences...