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District lays out attendance, assessment and academic interventions tied to SB 141 goals
Summary
Staff outlined a multi-pronged plan to improve attendance and academic outcomes—recommendations include an attendance PLC, standardized Synergy reporting, a 'Start Strong' pickup bus for missed morning runs, expanded monitoring for 3rd-grade ELA and 8th-grade math, and consideration of attendance advocate positions to improve 4-year graduation rates.
Margaret presented six attendance-focused recommendations intended to support SB 141 growth metrics: create an attendance PLC, standardize Synergy attendance reporting across schools, implement consistent family outreach (teacher check-in on day one; attendance secretary follow-ups on days three and seven), continue monthly perfect-attendance recognition, review the one-mile transportation radius for Lincoln students, and pilot a 'Start Strong' morning pickup bus for families who miss the regular run.
She described the Start Strong design: a dedicated Type 10 vehicle and a trained Lincoln staff driver would pick up students within a one-mile radius (roughly 10th Street to 1st Street), provide breakfast and bring them to school. On academic interventions tied to the SB 141 measures, staff outlined a fidelity-to-curriculum approach for 3rd-grade ELA (90-minute ELA blocks, Walk-to-Read groups, fluency targets from ~73 WPM to 114 WPM) and added math interventions (Big Ideas Math, Amplify, new math-intervention period), plus recommendations to create attendance advocates or site-specific liaison positions where funding allows.
