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North Davis Junior High credits extra adults, mentoring and new routines for falling absenteeism and discipline incidents
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Principal Sarissa Thompson told the Davis County School District board that North Davis Junior High has cut chronic absenteeism from pandemic-era highs and seen major drops in disciplinary incidents by using weekly attendance teams, AmeriCorps mentors, tiered attendance contracts and targeted supervision.
Principal Sarissa Thompson told the Davis County School District board on March 19 that North Davis Junior High’s combination of staff-led interventions and community partnerships is producing measurable gains in attendance and behavior.
Thompson said the school serves about 925 students, 57% of whom are economically disadvantaged, with 141 multilingual learners, 175 students in special education and roughly 39% ethnically diverse students. “Our motto is strength and diversity,” Thompson said as she introduced her administrative team and the school’s support programs.
The school described a multi-tiered attendance process run by a weekly attendance committee that includes…
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