Riiiinnggg!! A school bell or a wake-up call? Under the new school policy, after the sounding of the second bell, students not seated will now face severe consequences that include detention and referrals. The new policy is part of a package of stricter disciplinary actions addressing tardiness, dress and behavioral codes, and a crackdown on drugs and alcohol.
             The WASC committee who decided that the weakest point in Harbor was the discipline, identified the biggest problem was an alarming amount of tardies. A solution to this difficulty was to implement a new policy that punishes people who come into their class late without an excuse by giving them detention. The policy requires that tardy students sign a pink sheet that hangs in every classroom, the teacher must then call the students parents to inform them of their child's tardy. After the first offense, which gives the tardy student ten minutes after class, the second offense will lead to an hour-long detention. Failure to attend detention will result in suspension.
             The new policy has caused controversy among students, junior Nikki Gotlieb belives that "the tardy policy is too strict, I think this is too much in excess. It's understandable but I don't think that this is the right approach. It feels like we are back elementary school. High school should be preparing us for college where it is your responsibility to get to class on time instead of nit picking about us being a minute or two late."
             Contrarily much of the staff believes that the policy is long overdue complaining that tardiness has been a prevalent problem, causing an interruption of class.
             The administration has already seen a positive change due to the policy; Dax Bryson observed that "even in the second day of enforcement
             Even in its first days of enforcement many students are seeing glitches and ways of avoiding the punishments, and this will only continue
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