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Oak Grove updates handbooks: 90% attendance threshold, new MTSS processes and tightened secondary policies
Summary
District handbooks were updated to track attendance by a 90% threshold (state benchmark) with supports from social workers and MTSS rather than automatic grade penalties; high school will move to semester running grades, updated cell‑phone rules and a defined MTSS period.
Administrators presented handbook revisions and policy changes across buildings to the Oak Grove board.
The district shifted attendance monitoring from fixed day counts to a 90% attendance threshold (the state‑mandated metric). Staff described a graduated approach that prioritizes outreach (teacher and principal contact, social‑worker involvement, MTSS supports) before enforcement actions such as parenting‑tickets. "We have now switched it to maintain a 90% attendance, which is the state mandatory percentage that we look at," a building leader said.
Secondary schools will emphasize incentive‑based attendance strategies and use a formal MTSS intervention period built into the daily schedule; high school grading will move to semester running grades rather than quarter grades. The high school also updated cell‑phone procedures and tightened tardy and absence consequences tied to credit eligibility in extreme cases. Administrators said the changes were designed to balance supports with clear expectations and to better mirror college‑style grading and intervention systems.
Board members discussed AMI (alternative methods of instruction) readiness, parent communications, and enforcement for very young students; administrators said the focus will remain on family outreach and supports before punitive steps are used.
