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Roswell schools outline steps to reduce chronic absenteeism, debate use of one‑time grant funds
Summary
District staff described a multi-pronged effort to reduce chronic absenteeism, reviewed a state attendance grant and urged principals to spend or reallocate unused funds; no board vote was required.
Miss Coleman, who led the district attendance committee presentation, told the Roswell Independent School District Board on March 11 that the district is using a state attendance grant to target chronic absenteeism and support school attendance teams.
The presentation outlined how schools must form attendance teams under "attendance for success" laws, how the district’s attendance liaison, Laura Macias, performs home visits and compiles weekly and monthly reports, and how schools can spend grant money on allowable incentives and work agreements to reduce absences. "When they've dotted their i's and crossed their t's and done all that they can do as a school team then they submit a referral to Laura Macias," Coleman said.
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