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Bastrop ISD reports attendance gains; district launches contests and community partnerships
Summary
District attendance improvement coordinator reported a modest increase in attendance and described district and campus strategies including a 'Make Every Day Count' contest, parent education, bilingual attendance officers and business partnerships.
Casey Lewis, Bastrop ISD’s attendance improvement coordinator, reported that district attendance rates were trending up compared with the previous year and described several initiatives intended to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Lewis said the district’s target this school year was to raise attendance from 92% to 94%. She reported August was the only month with a small decline (0.7 percentage points) and said, by the end of the…
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