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VCUSD presents three-year attendance plan update, sets 24% chronic-absence goal
Summary
Director Dr. Kelly told the Vallejo City Unified board the district's layered MTSS attendance strategy, combined with automated outreach and human follow-up, reduced chronic absenteeism from 58.1% (pre-pandemic) to 35.8% in 2023-24 and set a new goal of 24% for the current year.
Dr. Kelly, director of student support services for Vallejo City Unified, told the board on Sept. 3 that attendance is central to the district's three-year plan and to students' access to instruction. "Attendance is at the heart of that theme," he said, framing the work around a tiered MTSS approach of universal (Tier 1), targeted (Tier 2) and intensive (Tier 3) supports.
The presentation explained how district campaigns (Attendance Awareness Month and themed months) and human outreach by child-welfare and attendance (CWA) liaisons complement automated messages. Dr. Kelly said the district made 11,313 family contacts in 2024-25 and reported a roughly 40% "save" rate among those families reached. He also said the district's early-warning tool (H2A) sent 39,651 contacts last year and that the…
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