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District outlines instructional continuity plan and strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism
Summary
District presenter described the new instructional continuity requirement to support instruction during emergencies, the district's communications plan (Blackboard, phone, email, social media), and attendance strategies that reduced chronic absenteeism by 15% last year; chronic absenteeism was defined in the transcript as about 18 days.
The committee heard a detailed presentation on the district's instructional continuity plan, a state‑required document intended to minimize disruptions to learning during emergencies.
The presenter explained the plan's purpose: to provide in‑person or remote instruction as soon as practicable after a disruption (the transcript states a target of within 10 days) and to maintain two‑way communications with families using methods such as Blackboard, phone calls, email and social media. The plan emphasizes equity for students with disabilities, foster youth, students experiencing homelessness and English learners and calls for annual reviews and training for staff to support remote instruction and assessment.
On attendance, presenters recounted prior work to reduce chronic absenteeism, reporting a 15% reduction last year. "One of the things we did... we interviewed students who were coming to school and students who weren't coming to school... and we found students come for culinary, they came for events, spirit days," a presenter said, describing outreach and programming used to increase average daily attendance. The transcript records a definition for chronic absenteeism as "missing 18.5, so 18 days of school." The committee discussed scenario planning for displaced sites and agreed to develop site‑level contingencies before school starts.
Next steps: staff will finalize site contingency scenarios and include the instructional continuity plan in annual review cycles.
