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Attendance push, $200,000 grant and social workers coincide with drop in chronic absenteeism, district says
Summary
Rio Rancho administrators credited a $200,000 attendance grant, new social workers and revised seat-time and finals policies with substantial declines in chronic absenteeism at middle and high schools; district data presented showed middle-school chronic absenteeism fell from 29% to 20% and high schools from about 44% to 20.9% over recent years.
Rio Rancho Public Schools officials described a package of attendance interventions — backed by a $200,000 attendance grant — that district staff said coincided with sharp declines in chronic absenteeism at middle and high schools. Secondary School Improvement Officer Renee Salcedo told the board Aug. 11 that student services used the $200,000 grant to hire two social workers, each assigned to two middle schools, to work…
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