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Grand Forks schools report large drop in missed class periods after new high‑school attendance policy
Summary
District presenters said a tiered attendance intervention led to 20,000 fewer class periods missed in first semester compared with last year and declines in D and F grades; staff outlined tier thresholds and reported impacts on teachers, students and counselors.
At a Jan. 27 meeting of the Grand Forks Public School District Board, district staff presented a first‑semester update on a tiered high‑school attendance intervention that administrators said coincided with a drop of about 20,000 missed class periods compared with the same semester last year.
District administrators explained why the change was made and summarized early results. "We are really gonna do this," said John Strandell, a district presenter, describing the plan's enforcement phases. The administration reported class periods missed fell from 57,334 in first semester last year to 37,261 this year, a decrease of roughly 20,000 periods.
The update matters because the district tied attendance to both student learning and school accountability. Administrators said chronic absenteeism contributed to learning loss and teacher workload, and that state and federal accountability measures use attendance as an indicator. Staff noted both Red…
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