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Appleton Area School District reports modest truancy improvements; officials to provide cohort/demographic follow-up
Summary
Superintendent Jeremy Hartsch told the Safety & Licensing Committee that first-semester data show modest improvement in chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy; the district reported one truancy citation and said it will produce cohort and demographic breakdowns later in the year.
Superintendent Jeremy Hartsch and the district attendance coordinator briefed the Safety & Licensing Committee on first-semester attendance after the city and school district implemented an amended truancy ordinance.
Hartsch said high‑school chronic absenteeism for the first semester was 22.3 percent, habitual truancy 23.1 percent, and that 13 percent of students (556 students) were both chronically absent and habitually truant — an improvement from more than 800…
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