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Woodland District highlights family coordinator hires, rising attendance and lower suspensions

5916393 · September 30, 2025
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District 50 Superintendent Dr. Robert Machek told the Village of Gurney board that new family coordinators and equity training helped raise September attendance and reduce suspensions for minority students.

Dr. Robert Machek, superintendent of Woodland School District 50, told the Village of Gurney Board Committee of the Whole on Sept. 29 that the district has hired family coordinators and expanded equity training, moves he credited with raising attendance and reducing suspensions.

Machek said the district created family coordinator positions at the elementary, intermediate and middle schools to reconnect students who remained chronically absent after the pandemic. He said average daily attendance in…

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