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Bound Brook outlines chronic-absenteeism plan; board honors students and staff
Summary
District staff presented a corrective action plan to reduce chronic absenteeism, emphasizing early intervention, data monitoring and parent outreach; the board also recognized student-of-the-month recipients and named Ashley Levitt district staff member of the month.
At its March meeting the Bound Brook Board of Education heard a detailed presentation on chronic absenteeism and recognized students and staff across the district.
Mr. Ross, who presented the corrective action plan (CAP) for chronic absenteeism, told the board that New Jersey requires a CAP when chronic absence reaches 10%—defined in the presentation as 18 days absent out of 180 days. "If we hit a 10% mark of students being 18 days absence out of 180 days, then we need to create a corrective action plan to make sure we get below that 10%," he said. He described the…
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