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District data director: Skyward, truancy tracking and rising nonpublic-school reporting drove record compliance file
Summary
The district’s student information coordinator told the Franklin County School Board the local Skyward system drives funding and compliance; the district recorded 1,141 students on its end-of-year report and is increasing outreach to homeschool, nonpublic and homeless students to ensure accurate attendance and funding records.
Laurie McDonald, the district’s student information and attendance coordinator, told the Franklin County School Board the student information system (Skyward) is the local source for enrollments, withdrawals, attendance and discipline and that accurate local data drives state funding.
"This is the beginning of our data locally," McDonald said, describing how the district’s Skyward entries feed the state and noting local staff are trained on the state side (DIS) to verify their own data. She said local staff work to keep student status correct across nine 20‑day funding periods.
McDonald outlined several special populations and reporting requirements: migrant and immigrant students, homeless students (defined in the presentation as lacking a fixed nighttime residence due to economic hardship), foster…
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