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Office of Student Support outlines registration fixes, attendance plan and counselor staffing needs
Summary
Interim Director Ace Thompson told the committee the district registered 669 students this year via 12 different secretaries and faces 11% chronic absenteeism; an attendance task force recommends standardized communications, MTSS triggers and a PowerSchool plugin; counseling staff levels have increased but caseloads vary by school.
Interim Director of Student Services Ace Thompson presented an Office of Student Support update to the committee on Jan. 12, detailing planned changes to registration, an attendance intervention strategy and staffing considerations for social-emotional supports.
Thompson said the district registered 669 students this school year and noted that 12 different secretaries across buildings led registrations, producing inconsistent results and follow-up work in central office. "Any time you have 12 people doing the same thing, you find inconsistencies," he said, and described work to produce a standardized checklist and form for building secretaries to ensure custody, IEPs and…
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