EMA stopped for being a late for school

Penny-Pincher!!

baza52 wrote: »

No they wouldnt. but the also wouldnt stop her weeks money.

No, they would sack her!

Being late regularly is unacceptable. Is there any other alternative, maybe a lift

PP
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baza52

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

No, they would sack her!

Being late regularly is unacceptable. Is there any other alternative, maybe a lift

PP
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so 3 times this year is regular?

bestpud

baza52 wrote: »

so 3 times this year is regular?

Does 'three times this year' actually mean three times since September? i.e. three months ago?

bestpud

I really think you should back off and let her take the consequences of her actions! She will soon sort herself out if she realises you won't bail her out.

She'll have to be on time when she starts work so she may as well start now. Or would you contact an employer to complain on her behalf too?

poet123

This will be 3 times that the College has put their foot down,not 3 times that she has actually been late. Unless they have a zero tolerance policy, which I doubt. As far as I am aware there are "guidelines"which have to be followed,within those guidelines the College has discretion,but they will be acting within the guidelines to refuse to sign the EMA for lateness.

In fact in our College all registers are done electronically and so if the student is not present when this is done,they are automatically marked as late. When the weekly figures are collated, the number of lates and the action required, is flagged up for the Tutor to deal with.

We refuse to sign for bad behaviour,or insufficient work done,so Tutors do have authority to make these decisions without referring to anyone else.

Conor_3

baza52 wrote: »

No they wouldnt. but the also wouldnt stop her weeks money.

No, instead they'd stop her 15,30 or 60 minutes pay per occurrence and simply terminate her employment altogether eventually.

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Isnt EMA in effect a contract between student and school or college?And if prompt attendence is part of that contract then basically she is going to be penalised for lateness

hm71_2

i will say in a slight defence- sometimes it is unavoidable- in My DD class there is a few pupils who rely on the college bus for transport, it is late at least 2 days a week & all the pupils that use the service are complaining about it, to stop EMA in this instance would be unfair as it is in the schedule of the bus driver.

duchy

Is there not an earlier bus ?
Sorry but my son is in 6th form and despite the fact he has a disability he knows that getting himself up and out of the house is his responsibility at 16-17 it isn't a huge ask. As someone else said-if she was working she'd be expected to be punctual too. At 17 I was working and regarded it as part of growing up and didn't want to rely on my Mum and Dad to make sure I got there (13 mile journey each way by public transport) like a child.
Funny how at this age they want to be treated like adults-but only when it suits them.
I've told my son that if he wants his EMA it's down to him to fufil his responsibilities

bestpud

hm71 wrote: »

i will say in a slight defence- sometimes it is unavoidable- in My DD class there is a few pupils who rely on the college bus for transport, it is late at least 2 days a week & all the pupils that use the service are complaining about it, to stop EMA in this instance would be unfair as it is in the schedule of the bus driver.

If it is a bus that operates simply to transport students to the college then they are in a much better position to appeal any sanctions. For a start, the schedule won't change - they will pick up the same students from the same places every day - end of. Secondly, the college will be in a position to contact the bus company and ask they sort it out. Lastly, it will be more than one person and obvious why they are all late - and they can check it out.

The OP is talking about public transport and that it different altogether.

I don't want to surmise too much but it is possible the DD is messing about a bit and rather than accept she needs to sort herself out, she is going home to mum/dad with stories of woe and full buses etc, and they are swallowing it whole and fighting her corner. Thus, teaching her nothing about time keeping and/or personal responsibility.

I do not believe there are only two buses able to get her there in reasonable time and neither do I believe both those buses are packed to the rafters and not letting people on for the last (possibly several if it is too far for her to walk instead?) stops.

She simply needs to look at the timetable and decide how best to get there in time, and then get herself out of bed, and sorted earlier.

At the moment, they are busy fighting for the money she is not entitled to (as she failed to meet her obligations) when they should be reviewing her travel arrangements to stop it happening again - as it surely will if her excuses are correct.