 Chronically absent students were paid $50 if they attended all classes for the week without any tardies. 11th grader Rihanna says cash would be a nice incentive to stay in school. That's a cool idea. Make sure they want to go to class more because they know they're getting something at the end of it. But this high school senior was less convinced. Sounds iffy, but I mean, if that's what it takes to get people to go to class, then I mean, so be it.