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Board amends minutes to request more frequent McKinney-Vento and truancy comparisons
Summary
Board members agreed to amend the minutes to reflect a request that future reports include multiple comparison dates and be provided more frequently so the board can track trends in truancy and homelessness; the friendly amendment passed unanimously.
During approval of the May 20 minutes, a board member proposed replacing a sentence describing continued annual review with wording that captures a request for multiple dates and more frequent reporting on McKinney-Vento and truancy statistics. The mover argued the minutes should record that "there was discussion and a request that future reports contain multiple dates for comparison," not merely that the board would continue to receive annual reports.
Board members and administrators discussed whether existing year-over-year data satisfied the request. Several members emphasized the board's need for multiple data points each year — quarterly or every two to three months — so trends among disadvantaged students can be tracked. The chair offered a friendly amendment (“The board requested to continue to receive these reports more frequently and review more data points”), members accepted it, and the motion passed unanimously.
