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DPSCD superintendent reports gains in attendance, lower chronic absenteeism and warns of federal funding uncertainty
Summary
Superintendent Nicolai Vitti told the Detroit Public Schools Community District board July 8 that district-wide average daily attendance rose to 84% and chronic absenteeism fell 6 percentage points to 60%, while cautioning that pending federal and state budget actions could affect future funding for programs and services.
Superintendent Nicolai Vitti presented the district’s end-of-year academic and operational data at the Detroit Public Schools Community District board meeting on July 8, highlighting modest but measurable improvements in attendance and graduation rates while urging vigilance about future federal funding risks. Vitti said average daily attendance rose to 84% districtwide, a two-point increase from two years earlier, and chronic absenteeism declined by six percentage points, to 60%.
Vitti framed the gains as the product of systemwide changes and targeted interventions, including hiring more academic interventionists funded through the…
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