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Petersburg board approves two-year attendance pilot with Virginia State, Cameron Foundation
Summary
The Petersburg school board approved a memorandum of understanding to run a two-year pilot at Pleasant Lane Elementary that will pair Virginia State University and the Cameron Foundation with district staff to address chronic absenteeism through family engagement, data dashboards and school-based teams.
The Petersburg City Public Schools board on Aug. 20 approved a two‑year pilot partnership with Virginia State University and the Cameron Foundation aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism by strengthening family engagement and data-driven school practices. The pilot will be tested at Pleasant Lane Elementary School.
The board approved the memorandum of understanding after a presentation by Dr. Yasmin Gay, chief of staff, and Dr. Walter Willis of Virginia State University describing the pilot's goals: build family engagement capacity, create an internal attendance dashboard and apply high-impact strategies at one test school so successful practices can be scaled to other schools in the Cameron Foundation service area.
Why it matters: Petersburg reported that in the 2022-23…
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