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Board flags inconsistent attendance language and discusses truancy interventions
Summary
Trustees found inconsistent start/attendance language across handbooks and the website, and discussed proactive truancy interventions including attendance accountability officers, well visits and partnership approaches before reporting to county authorities.
Trustees flagged conflicting times in handbooks and on the district website (08:15 in elementary handbooks vs. 08:20 listed on some pages) and asked staff to align the handbook text and web pages. A trustee said she had assumed an 08:16 start time and discovered the inconsistency while reading the handbook; staff confirmed the elementary handbook lists 08:15 and agreed to update the website.
Beyond the technical fixes, trustees pressed for stronger attendance interventions before formal truancy referral — ideas included an attendance accountability officer with social-work background, well visits to families, and partnering with local colleges for volunteer support. Staff said the district already documents interventions and sends letters at the 10-day statute threshold, but trustees asked staff to add the AG truancy language to policy 5200 so procedures are clear.
