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Urbana early-childhood staff flag physical aggression and chronic absenteeism among preschoolers
Summary
Principals at Urbana Early Childhood and Gerber reported high chronic absenteeism and concentrated incident reports involving a small group of students (predominantly Black males); schools plan equity-focused SEL work, targeted interventions and attendance protocols for the coming year.
Urbana Early Childhood School and Gerber School leaders told the board they will make social‑emotional learning and targeted supports central to next year’s plans after reporting elevated absenteeism and a small group of students who account for repeated behavior incidents.
"We had 230 incident reports this year. Forty‑four of those were the same student over and over again," UECS Principal Katie Madigan told the board, adding that when administrators drilled into the top 10 students…
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