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Board hears about Attendance Works pilot after district reports drop in chronic absenteeism at community schools
Summary
MCPS staff described a pilot with Attendance Works that produced a 6.2 percentage‑point drop in chronic absenteeism at participating community schools; the contract to expand the work was discussed during consent item 6.2 and included in the consent block approved unanimously by the board.
District leaders told the Board of Education on Jan. 9 that a pilot partnership with Attendance Works, a national organization focused on chronic absenteeism, produced measurable declines in participating community schools and that MCPS plans to expand the work.
Damon Moncelini, associate superintendent for Well‑Being and Student Services, said the Attendance Works pilot began with a set of community‑school sites and expanded this year. The program works with…
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