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District presents SMART‑goal update on chronic absenteeism with building‑level improvements
Summary
District staff presented an update on SMART goals targeting chronic absenteeism through grade 4, reporting building‑level progress such as Sugar Bush falling from 29.4% (prior year) to 12.3% year‑to‑date and Lincoln improving to 6.2% versus a year average of 31.2%.
Scott, district staff, presented the board with results tied to a SMART goal focused on reducing chronic absenteeism through grade 4. He described preliminary year‑to‑date gains while cautioning that spring months can alter trends and that the district will continue monitoring and reporting updated results.
Scott walked the board through building‑level examples and said the numbers are part of a rolling dataset. He cited Sugar Bush as an example — noting last year’s year‑end high‑risk absenteeism was 29.4% and that Sugar Bush was at 12.3% in the current reporting window — and he said Lincoln is seeing strong improvement (6.2% currently versus a year average of 31.2%). Scott clarified that the metric defines high‑risk or chronic absenteeism as 10 or more unexcused/unaccounted absences in the measurement period and that some absences can be exempted under refined policies.
Board members asked questions about the definition and whether the truancy‑enforcement tool is being used. Scott said the district emphasizes multiple front‑end interventions and that formal truancy steps, including enforcement, would be used only after progressive interventions have been tried. The board was told a fuller data package and interpretation would be provided at an upcoming regular meeting in April.
No formal vote was taken on the SMART‑goal update.
