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District 94 unveils real-time attendance dashboard to flag students needing intervention
Summary
The Community High School District 94 presented a custom data dashboard designed to monitor attendance, behavior and course failure in near-real time; administrators plan phased rollout to teachers, students and parents over the next one to three years.
Community High School District 94 on Thursday presented a newly developed data dashboard intended to identify students at risk by tracking attendance, behavioral incidents and core-course failures in near-real time.
The dashboard, built with support from district staff and an external data integration specialist, is intended to let counselors, deans and social workers 'drill down' from school- and class-level trends to lists of individual students so staff can provide timely intervention. Dave, a district staff member who helped translate teacher needs to the technical team, called the tool "huge" and said it enables interventions that were not possible when data were only available in arrears.
Administrators said the first version of the custom dashboard was completed in early November and that it currently gives administrators access to attendance and freshmen-on-track metrics. The system uses color-coded signals (red, orange, yellow) to indicate concern levels and shows class-level outliers as well as individual student records, including work to account for students with individualized education programs.
District staff described a phased rollout: administrators now have access; the next phase will give teachers an interface tied to their classes; a later phase would provide a parent and student portal. The timeline discussed ranged from a one- to two-year period for staff and teacher adoption to a three-year plan aligned with the district’s professional learning community (PLC) rollout.
Board members asked about staffing and ownership of the tool. District presenters said a committee led the build but assigned a single translator role — performed by Dave — to coordinate between teachers and the technical vendor; the plan is for the incoming principal to assume primary oversight of the dashboard while Dave continues in a technical lead role. The dashboard development involved a data integration specialist identified in discussion as Dan.
Board members also suggested expanding student voice in future phases: one board member described a conference where students presented their own data and urged that, with confidentiality protections, students be invited into data walks to take ownership of their metrics.
Administrators said they will not immediately give teachers or students access; teacher training will be introduced through PLC meetings, and different PLC cohorts will gain access on a staggered schedule so staff can learn to use the dashboard without being "dumped on" all at once. The district emphasized privacy and the need to work through special-education (IEP) reporting issues before releasing data more broadly.
District staff did not present a formal action or vote on the dashboard during the meeting; they requested feedback and described implementation milestones and training plans for the coming school year.
The board did not take formal action; presenters said additional staffing decisions, training schedules and technical adjustments will return to the board or administration for follow-up as needed.
