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Lewiston schools show high tardies, propose regular attendance dashboard updates
Summary
Lewiston Public Schools presented a PowerSchool attendance dashboard Oct. 20 showing unexcused absences as the largest category, about 6,000 tardies in the past 30 days and a clarified truancy caseload of "20 or less." District leaders proposed biweekly dashboard updates and offered deeper drilldowns by school, race and reason for absence.
Lewiston Public Schools administrators presented an attendance dashboard to the school committee on Oct. 20, saying unexcused absences are the largest category and that the district can now drill down to school, student and reason-level data.
The dashboard, shown by Assistant Superintendent Karen Paquette, displays current enrollment, the number of students absent in the last five school days, absence reasons and trend lines by month and school year. "Absent unexcused is the biggest," Paquette said, adding that illness and medical appointments are the next-most-common codes.
Paquette urged the committee to treat tardies and chronic absenteeism as districtwide priorities: "When you have 6,000 tardies in the past 30 days, that's a lot — that's a lot of missed time for students," she said. She noted the system counts daily attendance; a full-day…
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