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Board reviews attendance data and approves first reading of compulsory attendance policy
Summary
After a presentation showing improvements in overall attendance, the board approved first reading of Policy 4.410, Enforcement of the Compulsory Attendance Law, with staff amendments and a focus on non-punitive approaches for tardiness and truancy.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education received a district attendance report and approved the first reading of Policy 4.410, Enforcement of the Compulsory Attendance Law.
District staff presented attendance data covering August through February showing a 7.9 percentage-point increase in satisfactory attendance districtwide compared with two years prior, with elementary gains strongest. Staff also reviewed severe absence trends (students missing 20% or more of school days) and said the district has taken multiple steps to reduce chronic and severe absences, including attendance focus groups, school attendance teams, teacher…
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