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Middletown board hears plan to reduce chronic absenteeism from 25% to 18% this year
Summary
District officials described data‑driven attendance strategies — home visits, family liaisons, LEAP grant work and Alliance funds — and set an 18% year‑end target for chronic absenteeism.
Middletown school officials presented a districtwide attendance strategy on Oct. 14 and set a target to reduce chronic absenteeism from 25 percent to 18 percent by the end of the school year.
Dawn Dube, supervisor of early childhood and family/community engagement, told the board the district had recorded a small increase in overall daily attendance so far this year and detailed a multi‑pronged approach that includes school‑based attendance teams, family engagement liaisons, participation in the Connecticut Family School Partnership and use of LEAP grant resources.
Dube said the…
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