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Sumner County attendance supervisor proposes limiting parent excuse notes to three per semester
Summary
Melanie Webster, the county attendance supervisor, presented a first-reading revision that would reduce allowable parent excuse notes from five to three per semester and require daily parent communication; board members raised concerns about sick children and implementation timing.
Melanie Webster, Sumner County's attendance supervisor, told the school board she is proposing a revision to the district's attendance policy that would reduce parent-written excuse notes from five per semester to three.
"I would propose that we reduce that and add into our board policy that we are allow 3 parent notes per semester," Webster said, explaining the change is intended to reduce chronic absenteeism and align the district more closely with surrounding counties that have stricter note limits.
Webster reviewed state definitions and accountability targets: Tennessee counts students as chronically absent at 10% of…
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