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District credits new attendance policy for drop in chronic absenteeism; board asks for data review
Summary
Administrators told the board the attendance policy and increased family communication reduced petitions and chronic-absence counts; staff reported 17 petitions so far this year and supplied semester figures for chronic absenteeism that the board said it will review further.
District staff told the board that the attendance policy implemented last year has led to increased parent communication, more targeted supports for chronically absent students and a reduction in court petitions.
Miss Cope said the district has seen fewer truancy petitions and reported that the chronic-absence figure for the first semester fell from "430.41"…
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