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District reports early attendance gains, rolls out recovery and remote options
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Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools officials reported early first-quarter attendance gains and outlined a new attendance policy that includes asynchronous remote learning, attendance recovery and targeted outreach such as attendance sweeps and meal incentives.
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools officials reported first-quarter attendance improvements and described new district policies and outreach designed to keep students in classrooms, including asynchronous remote learning options, an attendance recovery requirement and targeted attendance sweeps.
Superintendent Dr. Denise Watts said the district reached about 80% of students attending at least 90% of enrolled school days in the first quarter, up from 77% at the close of the previous school year. District leaders credited several interventions including attendance sweeps, family outreach and new policy tools for the early gains.
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