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San Francisco school board reviews plan to cut chronic absenteeism; staff outlines targeted supports and daily monitoring
Summary
At a progress‑monitoring workshop, district staff presented a root‑cause analysis and a plan centered on capacity building, 'nudge' communications and site CCT attendance plans to reduce chronic absenteeism toward a 24% target; commissioners requested raw counts, ZIP‑code breakdowns and clarity on staffing and implementation timelines.
District staff told the San Francisco Board of Education on the evening they were launching a systemwide effort to reduce chronic absenteeism, presenting a root‑cause analysis and a set of strategies the district says have produced early, small improvements.
Associate Superintendent Demetrius Rice Mitchell outlined a fishbone analysis that identified six themes driving absences after the pandemic: inconsistent attendance‑data quality, reduced resources and infrastructure to address patterns, decreased student sense of belonging, discontinuity in daily attendance taking, unclear guidance at some sites, and higher family needs. The district’s interim guardrail 2.1 aims to reduce chronic absenteeism toward a 24 percent target.
Staff described four focal investments tied to a logic model: district and site capacity building, research‑based family…
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