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Gadsden volunteer coordinator announces resignation amid attendance push
Summary
The Gadsden County volunteer coordinator told the school board that new attendance interventions have reduced chronic absenteeism but said she will resign effective Nov. 28 to take a program-manager job at Florida State University; she urged policy changes including stronger enforcement and updates to attendance policy 5.4.
The Gadsden County volunteer coordinator, who also served as coordinator of family and community engagement, told the school board that a new attendance-intervention manual, stronger documentation in the district’s Focus portal and stepped-up home visits and ‘nudge’ letters have helped reduce chronic absenteeism.
"Teachers and administrators and social workers are taking more intentional steps to support student attendance," the coordinator said, highlighting attendance contracts the board approved…
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