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Summers County director outlines plan to reduce chronic absenteeism, cites state policy change
Summary
At the Jan. 10 Summers County Board of Education meeting, Director Chad Benner reported county chronic-absenteeism rates have fallen from 58.15% (2022) to 35.59% (2024), described a three-tiered attendance approach and said the district will update its attendance policy to align with West Virginia policy 41 10.
Chad Benner, the district director, told the Summers County Board of Education on Jan. 10 that chronic absenteeism remains a major challenge and outlined steps the district will take to lower persistent absence.
Benner said a student is considered chronically absent when they miss 10% or more of the school year, which in a 180-day calendar equates to about 18 days. He reported Summers County’s chronic-absenteeism rate fell from 58.15% in 2022 to 42.9% in 2023 and 35.59% in the 2023–24 school year, but said the county remains above the West Virginia standard for “meeting” attendance (below 20%). “We obviously want to get to where we’re below 20%,” Benner said.
The West Virginia Department of Education’s policy 41 10, effective Sept. 16, 2024, shifts…
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