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DPSCD officials say incentives lifted high‑school attendance but chronic absenteeism remains high
Summary
Superintendent (Dr. Vidi) told the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education on May 13 that district enrollment and daily attendance are up and that a high‑school perfect‑attendance incentive correlated with a nine percentage‑point drop in chronic absenteeism at high schools, even as districtwide chronic absenteeism remains near 59 percent.
Detroit — Detroit Public Schools Community District officials told the school board on May 13 that district enrollment and average daily attendance are up from last year, and that a high‑school attendance incentive produced measurable improvements — but that chronic absenteeism remains elevated.
Superintendent (identified in the meeting as Dr. Vidi) said district enrollment was “about a thousand students higher than we were at the end of last year” and that districtwide average daily attendance was about 84 percent. He told the board that chronic absenteeism was tracking at about 59 percent districtwide, a seven percentage‑point drop from the prior year, and that high‑school‑only data showed a nine percentage‑point drop in chronic absenteeism following the district’s…
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