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Student services review identifies housing, mental health, transportation as drivers of chronic absenteeism
Summary
Student services staff described districtwide attendance strategies including family wraparound supports, ParentSquare messaging, school-based attendance teams, reconnecting-youth coordination, and partnerships with county and community providers; mental health and housing were highlighted as major drivers of chronic absence.
Antoinette Harrison, a student-services leader, told the board the district is targeting chronic attendance by addressing socioeconomic barriers, strengthening school'based attendance teams and expanding family outreach and partnerships with community providers.
Harrison said district work emphasizes wraparound supports that connect families to housing, food and other resources, and described coordination with county-level…
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