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CCSD reports drop in chronic absenteeism; districtwide home visits a key strategy
Summary
District officials reported a decline in chronic absenteeism to about 27.7% at third quarter and described roughly 30,500 attendance home visits and continued summer interventions to sustain gains; board accepted the report 6-0.
The Clark County School District reported measurable decreases in chronic absenteeism at its May 8 board meeting and described a package of data-driven interventions the district credits with progress.
Associate Superintendent Kevin McPartland and Danielle Jones, director of chronic absenteeism and attendance enforcement, told trustees the district's chronic-absence measure had dropped to about 27.7 percent at the end of the third quarter, down several percentage points from the prior year. Jones said the district is maintaining a multi-pronged strategy: a data dashboard used by schools to flag at-risk students, expanded community partnerships, and targeted interventions such as home visits.
Jones told trustees that, as of the third quarter, district attendance officers had conducted roughly 30,500 home visits, a marked increase from the previous year. The district also reported reductions in chronic absenteeism across multiple student groups, including larger percentage declines for American Indian/Alaska Native and Black/African American students compared with the prior year's third-quarter figures. McPartland and Jones said the gap between the highest and lowest student-group chronic-absence rates narrowed modestly.
Trustees asked about capacity and follow-up. Staff said CCSD employs 30 district-level attendance officers and that those officers conduct home visits daily; school-based attendance staff perform additional school-level interventions. Jones said the district will continue outreach over the summer, focusing on incoming kindergarteners and seniors and using home-visit findings to empower principals to intervene before the next school year.
After the presentation the board voted to accept the report as presented. Trustee Baron made the motion and Trustee Biasotti seconded; the motion passed 6 to 0.
District staff described next steps that include summer interventions, ongoing data monitoring and follow-up reports to principals so schools can begin targeted outreach before the next school year.
