You're suggesting getting rid of any punishment for tardiness? That's a ridiculous suggestion. Do you know how many parents would take advantage of that? Everyday a child would be late.

This should tell you something, sadly, I don't think that it's telling you what you think that it should.

I can also guarantee you that there are hundreds of other schools with the same policy.

Do you know what we call that? It's called a logical fallacy. I'll let you look it up because I think that you need some practice on what it means to learn something new.

The problem with emotional responses like yours is you're thinking too small scale, as if this one single child was being targeted. The schools policy applies to every child and it's ultimately up to the parents to avoid the punishment.

Yes, I get your lack of creativity, you've made that crystal clear. You don't actually know how to solve problems, you rely on "policy." I love how that word is so important to bureaucrats. I like to co-opt it and use it against them, it's quite effective. I'll show you how it works.

"Oh, I'm sorry, whenever a school system resorts to punishing a child unfairly I have a policy of calling them out on it publicly. I'm sorry, but I have to treat all schools the same else it wouldn't be fair, it's my policy."

There's nothing wrong with policies, per se, it's when they become an excuse to stop doing your job and as a defense for a lack of creativity.

There's this huge uproar over the policy yet no one stops to think, "maybe the parents should get their kid to school on time."

Again, taste the wood of the clue bat swinging in your direction, virtually everyone here thinks that parents should get their kids to school on time, they just don't think that you should be so abusive to children when they don't. They don't think that you should blindly rely on policy. They think that when a student is late 30 times that SOMEONE should recognize that the problem perhaps escalation beyond the cone of shame enshrined in your precious "policy."

It's good that there was uproar over this, you've changed your "policy." Of course, you haven't solved the problem, the kid still shows up late.

In my opinion, the problem is systemic and as such really can't be solved easily. Fortunately, grandmothers now know how to use facebook and will continue to air your laundry. Like I said, in those moments when you're reflecting on why Americans don't really respect primary and secondary school teaching as a profession, think about your responses here and you'll have your answer.