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Godley ISD credits attendance incentives, new clerk for rise in enrollment and ADA
Summary
Trustees heard that targeted attendance incentives, a new attendance clerk and scheduling flex for career-prep students helped boost average daily attendance and enrollment, and the district plans to extend incentive budgets into the next school year.
Godley Independent School District administrators told the board that attendance-focused incentives and new staffing helped lift enrollment and average daily attendance (ADA) and that the district will continue the incentives in 2025–26.
Spencer, a district staff member, said campuses were given budgets for attendance incentives after the board tasked administrators to develop a growth plan. "One of the things I empowered them to do is I gave them a budget for attendance incentives," Spencer said.
Examples and results: At the high school, the administration used a third-quarter incentive that included a bounce-house party, beverages and popcorn; participation rose from about 45 students to over 100 for the second party. Other campuses offered themed incentives such as daily prize games, ice-cream sundaes, extra recess and grade-level reward events. Spencer said the spring incentives produced nearly a half-percent increase in ADA during the spring semester.
Staffing and scheduling changes: The district hired a new attendance clerk (Salazar) to track and intervene early on attendance issues, modeled on practices from neighboring districts. For career-prep students who work late shifts, the high school plans to "flex" schedule one early period to a later time to reduce tardiness and absences for that group, Spencer said.
Public transfers: Trustees also asked about transfer student policy; the district confirmed it is accepting transfer applications at all campuses and had accepted a small number of transfers at the high school in the most recent week.
Ending: The board asked staff to provide attendance-by-campus figures at the next meeting; Spencer agreed to return with that data for the June workshop so trustees could monitor trends and incentives' effectiveness.
