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CCSD reports continued drop in chronic absenteeism after 24,000 home visits; board accepts report
Summary
District officials told trustees that chronic absenteeism has dropped since COVID-era peaks, attributing improvements to targeted home visits, wraparound services and community partnerships; trustees pressed for more outcome tracking and set a tentative target of roughly 15 percent for next year.
Clark County School District officials reported Feb. 12 that chronic absenteeism has continued to decline after peaking during the COVID era, and the Board of Trustees voted to accept the first-semester outcomes.
Associate Superintendent Kevin McPartland and Danielle Jones, executive director of alternative services, presented district data showing a multiyear reduction in chronic absenteeism: rates peaked near 40 percent in 2022 and had fallen to about 26.9 percent by the end of last year. For the most recent first semester, presenters reported a further 2.5 percentage-point reduction overall and larger declines among several student groups, including a 3.4-point drop for Black/African American students and a 3.3-point drop for Hispanic students and Native…
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