Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the School Culture topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Attendance up slightly; deans report small rise in suspensions and THC incidents, district expands outreach
Summary
Deans reported year-end attendance at about 92.66%, decreases in mental-health-day usage, 35 semester-two suspensions (14 drug-possession incidents, mostly THC), and described communication, home-visit and after-school strategies to support student attendance and behavior.
Deans and student-services leaders presented a second-semester culture and climate update focused on attendance, mental-health days, disciplinary incidents and extracurricular engagement.
They reported a year-end attendance rate of roughly 92.66%, the highest since 2022 and slightly above last year’s 92.24%. Mental-health-day usage decreased to 450 from 487 in the prior year, while semester-two suspensions were 35. The deans said 14 drug-possession incidents were recorded this year—"for the most part" THC in gummy form—and emphasized that 85% of referrals remain low-level classroom incidents. The administration said it has increased family conferences and home visits and added 15/20-day absence letters to earlier 5/10-day statutory notices to engage families earlier.
To reduce disruptions and improve follow-up, the district is expanding communication through ParentSquare, streamlining attendance messaging, and offering an after-school library make-up program as an alternative to in-school suspension for excessive tardiness. The deans said they will continue training staff for consistent incident coding and plan parent-facing sessions in the fall on vaping/THC recognition and prevention.
Board members asked for more detailed comparative data on fees and participation and for continued transparency on coding and disciplinary categories.
