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Board hears concerns about low attendance, district calls metric a lagging indicator
Summary
A parent highlighted the district's Title I attendance figures and asked officials what the district will do to reach an 8% attendance improvement goal; administrators said the state metric cited is a lagging indicator and outlined steps to incentivize attendance and evaluate a new student information system.
Parents and board members pressed the Wyoming Area School District on student attendance during public comment and asked what the district will do to meet a stated target for improvement.
Community member and parent Vanessa Smith said she reviewed the district Title I/attendance documents and cited figures that the secondary center's attendance for the 2023–24 year was reported at 52.6% (with 42.4% for a prior year) and asked what percentage of students attended on the evacuation day. The…
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