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District 207 reports attendance gains and shifts timeline for strategic plan rollout
Summary
District officials told the board that average daily attendance and students meeting a 95% attendance expectation improved year over year, chronic absenteeism fell in January, and the district is moving the final strategic plan presentation to a main meeting in May to allow additional work on strategies and year‑one actions.
A district staff member reported attendance improvements to the Maine Township High School District 207 Board of Education and described next steps for the district’s strategic plan.
Staff (Speaker 1) said the share of students meeting a 95% attendance expectation rose 11.97% compared with the previous year and that chronic absenteeism in January decreased by 10.6 percentage points. The staff member also reported large reductions in tardies: a districtwide decline of 46.7%, South down 55.8% and West down 28.1%, and attributed improvements to incentives and building‑level interventions.
Speaker 5 (Brett) provided an update on the strategic plan, saying the district is in phase 4 — planning for implementation — and that feedback from the community and board prompted edits to the vision and goals. Brett said the district will delay the final strategic plan presentation from April to the main meeting (target May 4) to allow staff time to develop specific strategies and year‑one actions prior to board consideration.
The report framed the attendance gains as part of broader efforts to strengthen student engagement and called out school attendance coordinators and incentives used to improve on‑time arrival and daily attendance. Board discussion was procedural in the supplied transcript and did not record a formal vote on the strategic plan timeline during the provided segments.
Next steps identified in the discussion include drafting the specific strategies and actions for year one and returning the final strategic plan to the board for consideration at the targeted May meeting.
