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Warren Township lays out aggressive attendance strategy, warns against prescriptive state mandates
Summary
Warren officials described a district attendance program that includes thousands of family phone calls, hundreds of conferences and targeted tiered interventions, and urged legislators to preserve local flexibility rather than add duplicative statewide meeting requirements; officials also flagged interagency capacity limits for prosecutor and DCS referrals.
District leaders told legislators their attendance program relies on early intervention, family engagement and interagency collaboration and cautioned that state mandates risks duplicating work and overburdening partners.
Allison Woods, assistant superintendent for exceptional learners, described the district's tiered attendance work: teachers initiate calls after three days of absence, a five‑day notice is required under state law but the district interposes softer 3‑ and 4‑day letters, and staff conduct home visits and family conferences.…
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