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Superintendent flags attendance, reports 3,286 students enrolled and staff changes
Summary
The superintendent briefed the RSU 06 board on attendance priorities, definitions of truancy and chronic absenteeism, current enrollment (3,286 students), long-service staff recognitions and two resignations, and school-zone safety light installations.
Superintendent (name not stated in transcript) told the RSU 06 School Board that attendance will be a district focus this school year and explained both the district's truancy definition and the chronic absenteeism threshold. "Truancy... is any student who misses seven days of school in a row or a total of 10 days unexcused," the superintendent said. She added that chronic absenteeism includes excused absences and is defined as missing 10% or more of the school year—about 18 days.
The superintendent reported the district opened…
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