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Roosevelt Elementary expands tiered attendance challenge; school reports month-to-month gains
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Roosevelt Elementary described a multi-tier attendance program targeting grades 3–5, reporting month-to-month improvement for participating students and plans to widen eligibility next school year.
Roosevelt Elementary staff described a tiered attendance and social-emotional program that school leaders say has produced month-to-month gains for participating students.
Kristi Sloma, speaking as the Roosevelt presenter to the Binghamton Board of Education, said the school piloted a Tier 2 attendance challenge last year and expanded it this year to 84 students in grades 3–5 who had averaged 80%–94% attendance the prior year. Students compete against their own prior-month attendance; those who improve earn certificates and up to five monthly celebrations during the year’s PBIS assemblies, Sloma said.
School officials linked the program to a broader attendance goal: increase average daily attendance by 3% this school year. Sloma said the district has increased average daily…
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