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Polk County details outreach, home visits and attendance gains
Summary
Assistant Director Raulston told the board the district has expanded outreach to 14 facilitators (six bilingual), stepped up home visits and referrals and recorded early attendance gains: quarter‑1 attendance at 93.4% and a year‑over‑year improvement in district attendance metrics.
The Polk County School Board received an attendance and wraparound-services briefing on Nov. 18 that emphasized community outreach, home visits and cross-agency referrals as tools to improve student attendance.
Assistant Director of Attendance Raulston said the community-outreach team now includes 14 outreach facilitators (six bilingual) and a bilingual call-center staffer. The facilitators make calls, conduct home visits and coordinate referrals to partners such as Hazel Health and Youth &…
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