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Board hears detailed plan to reduce chronic absenteeism and expands family engagement efforts
Summary
District staff outlined a shift to hour‑based chronic absenteeism metrics, new early‑warning systems and tiered interventions; presenters said the district’s 36% chronic‑absence rate last year has fallen to about 30.28% at the midyear checkpoint and highlighted community incentives tied to improved attendance.
Miss Emler, coordinator of Student Services, told the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Board of Education on March 17 that Ohio now measures chronic absenteeism by hours missed and that the district is emphasizing early intervention and family engagement to reduce absences.
"Ohio law defines chronic absence as missing 10% or more of the minimum number of hours required in the school year," Miss Emler said, explaining the shift from counting days to counting hours and noting that both excused and unexcused time contribute to the chronic‑absence metric.
She described the district’s early‑warning system and use of the Branching Minds leadership dashboard to flag students for building‑level student support teams. The district classifies supports as universal (tier 1), targeted (tier 2) and intensive (tier 3) and said the teams review data…
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