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SF school board proclaims September Attendance Awareness Month, cites chronic-absence concerns

Board of Education of San Francisco Unified School District · September 24, 2013
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Summary

The San Francisco school board adopted a proclamation declaring September as Attendance Awareness Month and committed to district actions to reduce chronic absenteeism, citing data that chronic absence affects over 8.3% of students and more than a quarter in some neighborhoods.

The San Francisco Board of Education adopted a proclamation recognizing September as Attendance Awareness Month and pledged district actions to reduce chronic absenteeism, a factor the district links to lower academic achievement.

Associate Superintendent Kevin Truitt read the proclamation into the…

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