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Ralston Public Schools details tactics to raise attendance after chronic-absence drop
Summary
District leaders reported year-to-date average daily attendance gains and a fall in chronically absent students, outlined incentives, weekly PLC reviews and family outreach, and said the board asked staff to start collecting standardized 'why' data for absences to better target solutions.
The district presented a plan to push average daily attendance toward a 97% target after reporting interim gains and fewer chronically absent students.
School staff member responsible for attendance presented semester and year-to-date figures and interventions and said the district recorded a full-year daily average of 93.3%, a first-semester rate of 94.08% and a current point-in-time rate of about 93.8%. She told the board the number of chronically absent students at semester fell from 76 last year to 59 this year and noted point-in-time comparisons (83 at the same…
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