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Winchester schools report improved attendance, step up enforcement of cell‑phone and tardy policies
Summary
District staff told the board the division’s MTSS work and new attendance‑recovery rules helped reduce chronic absenteeism in most schools while stricter enforcement of cell‑phone and punctuality rules produced a large rise in referrals at one high school.
District staff presented a midyear update on multi‑tiered systems of support (MTSS), attendance recovery and disciplinary referrals at the March 10 Winchester Public Schools work session. The presentation said most schools improved chronic‑absence measures compared with 2022–23, and that the division has started evaluating the effectiveness of tier‑2 interventions this spring.
The report framed attendance, discipline and social‑emotional supports as linked elements of MTSS. Staff said they have moved some K–6 social‑emotional curriculum to Newsela, continued PBIS school‑wide expectations, and use restorative conferences for tier‑3 cases. Attendance strategies cited included brief student check‑ins (a 2‑by‑10…
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