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School committee reports: attendance, dropout and mobility figures; committee approves three routine items
Summary
Assistant superintendent Tamara Blake Canty reported attendance, dropout and mobility data, and the committee approved three agenda items by roll call: a fee increase (item SC27), a $10,000 grant acceptance, and a $45,000 budget transfer, each passed 7–0 with two members absent.
The Chelsea School Committee on April 9 received monthly indicators of success from Assistant Superintendent Tamara Blake Canty and approved three routine agenda items by roll call.
Blake Canty presented attendance, dropout and mobility figures and described hiring demographics for recent district hires. The committee then voted unanimously, 7–0 with two members absent, to approve a school fee increase item (listed as Item 25 SC27), accept a $10,000 FY25 grant for an advanced learning pilot (Item 25 SC20A) and approve a $45,000 budget transfer moving funds from curriculum development contractor services to pupil personnel contractor services for FY2024‑25 (Item 25 SD29).
Tamara Blake Canty, assistant superintendent, summarized attendance rates for March: "For grades 1 through 8, the average daily attendance range from 91 to 93%. For grades 9 through 12, the average range is about 80 to 83%.…
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