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Northfield board reviews tightened attendance rules, asks for more detail before vote
Summary
Board members discussed proposed revisions to building-level online attendance procedures and the student citizenship handbook, including clearer absence classifications, an attendance liaison program from the pilot grant, and a proposed 7-unexcused-absence threshold for truancy filing at middle school levels.
The Northfield Public School Board reviewed proposed revisions to the district’s online building-level attendance procedures and the student citizenship (discipline) handbook at its June 9 meeting, and asked staff for further clarification before bringing the items to a formal vote.
Superintendent Tim Hillman said the district’s multi-stakeholder attendance team rewrote procedures to reduce ambiguous language and make interventions more predictable across elementary, middle and high school levels. “It’s about how do we intervene with students who are out even if it’s excused for a significant period of time,” Hillman said.
The attendance work grew from a state pilot grant and an attendance liaison role funded by that…
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