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District proposes attendance improvement plan; staff to present data and steps
Summary
The Agency official proposed a districtwide attendance plan as a top goal, noting an attendance specialist will support August planning and that staff have already held data retreats; trustees emphasized using analytics to target resources and track progress toward longer-term graduation goals.
The Agency official presented developing and implementing a districtwide attendance plan as a high priority goal, saying, "The 2nd 1, development and implement a plan, to increase district wide attendance." Staff reported a two‑day retreat in June that focused on attendance data and said Whitney, an attendance specialist at the ESD, will work with the leadership team in August to develop concrete interventions.
Trustees pressed for analytics to understand where attendance gaps exist and why, noting causes are varied—economic constraints, childcare responsibilities, or mobility—and that improving attendance is a multiyear effort tied to graduation outcomes. One board member urged focus: "If you have 1 goal on there, just put that on. There's nothing else. Like, that's it. Just graduate them, and then we'll do that with other events." Staff committed to providing quarterly updates on performance indicators and sharing attendance data with families.
