Board hears causes and interventions for falling attendance rates
Administrators attributed a drop in district regular attendance to illnesses and chronic absenteeism concentrated in a subset of students, and described progressive family interventions, counselor meetings and possible truancy petitions as escalation steps.
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At its Aug. 26 meeting the Grapeview board examined a decline in regular attendance reported for 2024-25 and asked whether the decrease was driven by a few chronically absent students or by broader trends. The presenter told directors that last year the district—as presented in the packet—showed a regular attendance figure of 71.95% compared with about 80.95% previously, and said efforts focused on holding families accountable while removing barriers to daily attendance.
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