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Tigard-Tualatin superintendent makes attendance a district priority, outlines campaign and data tools
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Udo told the board chronic absenteeism remains a concern: 67% regular attenders districtwide and about one in three students missing school at least 10% of days. The district will launch a coordinated attendance campaign, use ParentSquare communications and explore an 'Attendance Plus' monitoring tool.
Superintendent Doctor Udo reported to the Tigard-Tualatin School District Board that improving attendance is a district priority and outlined steps to reduce chronic absenteeism. He said 67% of district students are regular attenders, which implies roughly one in three students misses at least 10% of school days. He emphasized that attendance patterns form early in the year and tied daily attendance to learning, belonging and long-term student outcomes.
Udo said the district will run a cohesive attendance campaign for the year with the theme “We’re glad that you’re here,” focusing on removing barriers, promoting a sense of belonging and reminding families that schools will reach out through ParentSquare. The superintendent said staff are exploring a system called Attendance Plus to enhance how the district monitors attendance and targets interventions.
Udo noted that kindergarten and high-school students show particular absenteeism patterns (higher rates at the “bookends” of grade levels) and that absenteeism is disproportionately high among some ethnically diverse learner groups. He said schools with strong outreach are seeing positive results and that the district will report back with data-visualization tools at a future meeting.
The board’s discussion referenced the importance of early-year outreach, multilingual family engagement at back-to-school nights and notification systems; trustees described recent strong family–teacher engagement. The superintendent said the district will share more detailed attendance data and the new monitoring tool at the October meeting.
