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District highlights school-report-card priorities as attendance and staff retention focus

Dakota CUSD 201 Board of Education · November 18, 2025
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Summary

District presenters emphasized boosting readiness, improving attendance, recruiting and retaining teachers, and enhancing facilities; elementary chronic absenteeism is declining while high-school rates rose slightly due to state reporting changes.

A presenter reviewed the district’s Illinois School Report Card and said the district will focus on increasing student readiness, improving attendance, recruiting and retaining staff, providing professional-development resources, and enhancing buildings and grounds. The presenter said chronic absenteeism is declining at the elementary level but rose slightly at the high school because of a change in state reporting.

The presentation was framed as a review of priorities and did not include formal votes. Superintendent Mrs. Keffer and the strategic-planning committee will incorporate state proficiency-level changes into upcoming district goals, the transcript records. Trustees received the report as part of regular monitoring and planning work.