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District reports attendance up to 94% for first nine weeks; truancy and chronic absence rates falling
Summary
The superintendent reported a 94% attendance rate for the first nine weeks, a truancy rate of 8% to date, and a drop in chronic-absence figures compared with prior years.
Superintendent-level staff reported district attendance and truancy statistics to the board and highlighted trends the district views as positive.
The presenter said the district’s attendance rate for the first nine weeks is running 94% and that the district goal is 95% for the year. The presenter reported the truancy rate (students on a truancy list after five unexcused absences) is currently 8% and said that over the prior four years the truancy range was between 49% and 55% (as stated in the presentation), indicating improvement in intervention and documentation processes.
Officials also reported that the state’s chronic-absence metric — which counts excused and unexcused absences — had previously ranged from 31% to 47% over the last four years and that the district’s current figure is 0.22% as of the meeting (the presenter said “we're not even at a 1% yet”). The district described attendance staff embedded in each learning community and attributed improvement to targeted support and intervention.
Board members praised attendance efforts and urged continued focus on building regular attendance habits as preparation for future employment and life outcomes.
No formal action was taken; the update was informational.
