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New Synergy attendance rules change how absences are recorded; chronic absenteeism at 23.38% in 2024–25
Summary
District administrators reported a 23.38% chronic absenteeism rate for 2024–25 and described new attendance-counting rules after adopting the Synergy student information system.
The Bethlehem Area SD curriculum committee described changes to attendance-recording methods after the district implemented the Synergy student information system, and presented 2024–25 attendance data on Sept. 8.
Administrators said Synergy allows period‑level minute tracking and that the district made a definitional change at the secondary level: missing two or more periods in a day will be recorded as an absence for that day; at middle schools missing four or more periods will be recorded as a day’s…
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