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School presenter credits PBIS and incentives as attendance improves
Summary
An unidentified school staffer presented classroom-level PBIS referral and attendance data, reporting an improvement from a 14.3% gap-in-season rate to about 6.1% and noting interventions for tiered students and staffing constraints in special education.
An unidentified school staff member presented PBIS referral and attendance data to the RSU 40 meeting, showing what they described as a measurable improvement in attendance and describing classroom incentives and interventions.
The presenter displayed a PBIS triangle and said referrals and attendance data showed progress: "We had 73 of our students did not receive one for last year" and more green in the current-year table. The presenter said last year’s gap-in-season rate was 14.3% and that the current figure is about 6.1% with six students currently considered absent.
The staff member reported 14 students enrolled in special education and noted that the district’s special-education teacher is half-time and is also serving as a half-time interventionist. Nine students were identified as tier-3 and two of those nine were in the referral process for special education.
The presenter described strategies to reduce absenteeism, including classroom competitions (paw-print tracking), weekly recognition, certificates for attendance and small classroom rewards; they also noted plans for an academic night and a classroom tour for board members to see student work.
Board members responded positively to the interventions: one member recounted a child’s excitement over an attendance award and said the stuffed-animal reward encouraged attendance. The presenter invited board members to tour classrooms and review posted student work; the meeting adjourned at 05:33.
