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Dalton Elementary reports steady enrollment and programs to boost attendance, special education and family engagement
Summary
Dalton Elementary presented a campus update showing approximately 854 students, attendance around 88%, expansion of special-education supports (TeachTown), reduced PE referrals after adding a third PE coach, and family engagement programs including Save the Children partnerships and community volunteer initiatives.
Dalton Elementary principal Miss Tarski Rodriguez presented a campus progress report to the Uvalde CISD Board of Trustees highlighting enrollment, instructional supports and family engagement initiatives.
Campus profile and enrollment: Dalton serves pre‑K through early elementary with a reported headcount that grew quickly; the principal listed enrollment across grade bands and said Dalton has about nine pre‑K classes, 10 kindergarten classes and several functional life-skills (FLS) special-education classrooms. The presentation listed roughly 854 students on campus and a current average daily attendance near 88%.
Instructional and special-education supports: Dalton uses TeachTown in its functional life-skills classrooms and staff reported the number of lessons completed increased after January (from 37 lessons mastered in January to 264 in February). The campus includes two interventionists focused on reading plus instructional coaches and Save the Children reading supports.
Behavior and health supports: The campus reported PE referrals have declined by about half after adding a third PE coach. Dalton is using Branching Minds for discipline documentation and data tracking and reported increased usage of the district CHDI school‑based clinic (student and employee visits).
Family engagement and attendance efforts: Dalton runs multiple family-engagement events (parent luncheons, Winter Wonderland, Dalton Land, ACE family nights), a mentor/buddy program pairing younger and older students, and a "perfect attendance" weekly incentive pilot to drive on-time arrival and full days. The campus is coordinating with the district Communities in Schools counselor on attendance outreach.
Next steps: The principal said Dalton will continue targeted attendance incentives, strengthen home–school communications via Seesaw and monitor intervention and special-education outcomes. No formal board action was required for the campus report.
