The school deserved to lose this because they failed to call him out on this problem early on.
I’ll bet the school has been tracking his tardiness for a long time. As someone who has managed employees, I can tell you that it takes insanely long, even with extensive documentation, to hold employees accountable for anything. I once had an employee who was late 96% of the time for a year who, even after regular warnings and reviews, still was not fired.
People who are late are losers. There’s a saying in the military: “If you’re early, you’re on time; if you’re on time, you’re late; if you’re late, God help you.”
I’m not so sure. In a union position one must have a documented set of occurrences. The 2 year cycle could simply have been to document the issue so he could be dismissed.