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Kershaw County staff: chronic absenteeism down to 18.5% at 90 days; tutoring and attendance incentives underway
Summary
District staff reported a decline in chronic absenteeism to 18.5% at the 90-day mark, described school-level attendance incentives, data huddles and an eight-week after-school tutoring program to help students catch up.
District staff told the Kershaw County School Board that chronic absenteeism had fallen to 18.5 percent in the district’s 90-day data and described steps schools are taking to improve attendance and help absent students catch up.
Mr. Matthews, a district staff member giving the update for Dr. Goodwin, said a student is considered chronically absent if they miss 10% of school days for any reason — excused or unexcused — which at 90 days equates to nine missed days and at the end of a…
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