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Board approves attendance-focused policy tweaks as Hawkins County renews emphasis on reducing chronic absenteeism

5811508 · August 7, 2025
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Summary

Attendance supervisor Cody Sossman told the board April–May showed the year’s highest daily attendance; the board approved minor policy adjustments (including changes labeled 6.402 and 6.403 and policy 6-200) to support earlier interventions and individualized attendance plans.

The Hawkins County Board of Education approved minor policy revisions intended to bolster interventions for chronic absenteeism as staff said recent months showed improved attendance.

Cody Sossman, the district’s attendance supervisor, reported April and May produced the highest daily attendance rates of the prior year and said the district plans incentive programs (a…

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