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Colton Joint Unified outlines stepped-up SARB and home-visit efforts after reporting 3,300 chronically absent students
Summary
District officials told the board the district has about 3,300 chronically absent students in 2025–26, and described a multi-tiered approach—SART, SARB, home visits, community liaisons and partnerships with IEHP and probation—to reengage students; staff highlighted anecdotal SARB successes and requested more resources for mental‑health supports.
Colton Joint Unified School District staff laid out the district's approach to chronic absenteeism on Nov. 18, reporting operational totals, interventions and case examples.
Attendance presenter Missy Kingston and Dr. Rowe described chronic absenteeism as missing 10% or more of instructional days and said quarter‑1 rates stood near 18.63% with roughly 3,300 students counted as chronically absent in the 2025–26 school year.
Kingston reported the district has conducted 115 home visits and 144 SART (tier‑2) contracts and 90 SARB (tier‑3) contracts so far this year, with 263 active SARB cases in the queue. She said the district has deployed community liaisons, probation staff and a…
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