Superintendent and high-school leaders present attendance and achievement trends
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Summary
School leaders reported steady engagement with events and leadership efforts, highlighted growth in extracurricular participation, and presented demographic and assessment data showing stable high-school enrollment and mixed assessment results.
District leaders presented the superintendent’s monthly report and a high-school profile that trustees said offered useful context for budget and program decisions.
The superintendent emphasized the value of visible board support at events, saying, “It matters to our teachers when we see there,” and summarized town-hall feedback and progress on district key initiatives such as technology and 21st-century learning. The high-school representative presented the school profile: “There are 610 students at the high school currently enrolled, 33% Hispanic, 65% white, 2% other; 26 are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch; 56 students receive special education services (9%); 91 are English-language learners (15%).”
Staff discussed attendance interventions and early-warning indicators. The high school reported 62 students with 10 or more absences through the end of trimester two; 26 students exceeded a 15-day threshold and are on attendance contracts. Administrators noted a downward trend in chronic absenteeism since 2020–22 and said Hispanic/Latino students had shown higher chronic-absence rates but that rates were declining.
Trustees heard that statewide testing moved grade assignments in recent years (ISAT timing changes), making some year-to-year comparisons difficult. A board member asked for an earlier window for auditors and said staff should provide documents in time to allow trustees meaningful review.
Next steps: staff will circulate the detailed school profile for trustee review, continue attendance interventions and track progress on key initiatives through the spring.