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Board reviews attendance data as it weighs starting school before Labor Day and calendar adjustments
Summary
Administrators presented attendance data showing notable spikes in student and staff absences the week before Thanksgiving (cited averages and specific days), prompting board discussion about calendar timing, makeup days and instructional time; no final calendar decision was recorded in the transcript.
Astoria School District 1 board members discussed potential calendar changes after administrators presented attendance figures showing recurring spikes in absences the week before Thanksgiving.
An administrator explained the data: "On the average, week before Thanksgiving, we have 135 kids absent on the average," and cited a recent November when the…
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