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Attendance officer says about 50 home visits and nine court referrals since December
Summary
Attendance officer Chelsea Robbins told the board she and colleagues have conducted about 50 home visits since December, seen increased responsiveness after door-knocker outreach and made nine referrals to court services with several diverted successfully.
Chelsea Robbins, the district attendance officer, outlined efforts to improve student attendance. She described building-level collaboration with counselors and registrars, targeted home visits and an outreach card strategy that she said has increased responses from families.
"Approximately 50 home visits were conducted since I started in December," Robbins told the board, adding that about 25% of visits resulted in direct contact and that leaving door-knocker notices has generated follow-up from families.
Robbins said the team makes referrals when school-level outreach is exhausted; since December she said she had made nine referrals to court services related to truancy. Of those nine, she said four were initially referred as diversion and two of those remain in successful diversion; others have moved forward in the court process or were filed as CHINS or parental-participation petitions.
She described other interventions—partnerships with social workers, mental-health referrals and collaboration with court services—and said the attendance team meets weekly at the school-board level to review cases and coordinate support. Robbins emphasized that the overall strategy is supportive and aims to prevent court when possible.
Board members thanked Robbins and her colleagues for proactive outreach. The board did not take action but heard that attendance remains a priority heading into summer and next school year.
