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District expands attendance outreach and tiered behavior supports after pilot gains
Summary
District staff described expanded use of the TalkingPoints communication platform, attendance incentives that paid $666,000 last year, site coordinators and a case-management approach tied to municipal court referrals, plus a push to raise fidelity of tier 1/2 behavior systems to reduce serious incidents.
District staff told the board they will expand attendance and behavior interventions that were piloted this year, including an automated text-message system, community site coordinators, more intensive case management and a tighter tiered behavior system.
On attendance, staff said the district moved to TalkingPoints, a two-way text platform that translates messages into families’ languages and archives communications. Staff reported 320,665 outbound messages last year and more than 700,000 total interactions when inbound replies were counted. The presenter described an upcoming pilot that will automate absence texts to send as soon as the teacher marks a student absent in the attendance accounting period; replies would go to an attendance clerk or admin so teachers can remain focused on instruction.
Staff pointed to an attendance-incentive program that paid $666,000 to employees and said increases in average daily attendance (ADA) produced roughly $622,000 in additional state basic allotment revenue this year. The presentation described a layered attendance strategy: universal automated outreach, partner-managed engagement for students at moderate absence levels, comprehensive case management for high-need students, and municipal-court referrals for chronic unexcused absences.
On behavior, central-office staff emphasized increasing fidelity to tier 1 and tier 2 behavior systems to 80% across campuses. They said campuses with higher fidelity saw marked reductions in serious disciplinary incidents and described interventions including daily check-in/check-out, individualized behavior-management plans, mentoring, counseling and tighter supervision during unstructured times. The presentation included an operational tool — an electronic hall-pass kiosk tied to student IDs — that limits restroom passes and flags repeated paired absences between students to avoid off-campus-style disruptions.
Staff said these interventions are data-driven: campuses will review discipline data weekly and escalate cases to case-management teams, which can include psychologists, administrators and community partners, and when necessary file municipal-court referrals. The district plans to monitor progress monthly and report results to the board.
