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District reports attendance gains; truancy ordinance seen as aid
Summary
La Grande School District reported incremental attendance improvements and highlighted a 16.9% increase in the Regular Attender rate for Emerging Bilingual students; staff said a County Truancy Ordinance and building-level plans will support further gains.
Chris Wagner told the board that overall attendance is improving modestly and pointed to a 16.9% increase in the Regular Attender rate for Emerging Bilingual students as a notable success. He said each building has a specific plan to boost attendance and that a County Truancy Ordinance is expected to assist district efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Board members did not adopt any new attendance policy at the meeting but discussed monitoring the impact of the county ordinance and building-level strategies; staff plans include targeted interventions where data show declines in daily attendance.
