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Leominster schools introduce dedicated attendance team to combat chronic absenteeism
Summary
Leominster Public Schools introduced a district attendance unit that blends a full-time officer with part-time staff, data tools and community referrals; officials said chronic absenteeism is about 10% and described early successes including a student who reversed poor attendance.
Leominster Public Schools on Feb. 2 announced a new attendance unit intended to reduce chronic absenteeism across the district.
The superintendent said the district moved from a single high-school attendance role to a combined team: "we created a few part time 18 hour week positions to complement the full time attendance officer position and moved that all under our pupil services" (Jenny, attendance lead). Jenny told the committee that chronic absenteeism in the district registers at about 10%—roughly nine days—which places those students on the district's priority list.
The attendance team introduced itself and outlined responsibilities. Frankie…
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