A new program that aims to prevent student tardiness and behavioral issues is working, school officials say.

Principal Brittnee Scott said thanks to Student Conductor System, behavioral incidents have decreased to an average of two per day.

The system requires students to enter their lunch PIN into a page in the front office following a hallway infraction or a referral to the school’s detention center, known as the Intervention Center or IC.

This action triggers an automated email notification to parents or guardians detailing the incident.

Normal notifications include alerts such as, “Your child has been tardy to class,” or notifies a parent that a student was sent to detention or IC.

Sixth-grader Ava Winson said she sees scholars skipping important classes like history.

“I’ve seen eighth graders skipping class and that makes me really sad because they are older, and they should be upstanders,” Winson said.

Sixth grade student counselor Marina Reid said when kids skip class, their grades can go down and they can miss instructions that they need to learn about the subject, and they can stop understanding what they are learning.

This could cause them to keep skipping more, she said.

“I think it affects how they learn,” she said. “It affects how the teachers are teaching their classes, and I just feel that has a lot of negative impact.”

Instructional staff developer Dominique Dudley said she “loves the new system” which offers administration options like lunch detention, after school detention, and parent calls.

“I like to know who is tardy, and being able to punish them immediately,” she said.

While students may not like it, Student Conductor is helpful for administration.