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PGCPS reports small drop in elementary chronic absenteeism; board demands clearer reason codes and action
Summary
PGCPS presented Q2 chronic-absenteeism and core-content pass-rate data: elementary chronic absenteeism fell from 27% to 23% year over year, middle school rose to 18% and high school remained at 34%; board members pressed staff for reason-code breakdowns in ParentVUE, clarity on transportation-related absences, and next steps from an attendance task force.
At the Academic Achievement Committee meeting on April 20, Anthony Whittington presented midyear chronic-absenteeism metrics and core-content pass rates for Prince George's County Public Schools and discussed the relationship between attendance and course outcomes.
Whittington defined chronic absenteeism for the record: "A student is considered chronically absent if they have been enrolled for at least 10 days and missed 10% or more of those days," he said, and explained that the metric counts excused and unexcused absences and is used in state accountability calculations.
Headline figures from the presentation: - Elementary chronic absenteeism (K–5) dropped from 27% to 23% (Q2 year over year). (Speaker: Anthony Whittington) - Middle school chronic absenteeism rose from…
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