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Superintendent urges caution interpreting first-year state attendance release, outlines staff‑attendance steps
Summary
Superintendent told the committee that DESE's renewed statewide attendance reporting requires careful interpretation because approved leaves (bereavement, parental leave) may be counted as absences; the district is distributing individual attendance reports, conducting 1:1 meetings and may escalate procedures for persistent patterns.
During the superintendent’s report, district leadership addressed the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) decision to restart statewide staff and student attendance reporting. The superintendent said the data release can be useful but cautioned that year-one comparisons should be treated carefully because the published figures do not necessarily exclude…
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