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Ore City ISD administrators warn of declining attendance, 7th‑grade math pacing gap
Summary
District administrators reported ADA holding near 95% but declining weekly; 7th grade is approximately five lessons behind in math and staff are using pacing guides and weekly data meetings to address attendance and learning gaps.
Ore City ISD officials told the board on Oct. 27 that district average daily attendance (ADA) remains around 95% but is falling incrementally and that staff are trying to identify root causes.
"ADA is staying at a 95 but is declining every week," said Travis Orms during his High School update, noting that administrators hold weekly meetings to analyze data and work to close attendance and grade gaps. Middle School principal Elyse Peterson reported academic pacing concerns: "7th grade is 5 lessons behind in Math," and staff have implemented pacing guides to accelerate instruction and catch students up.
Administrators reported targeted interventions: a counselor (Mrs. McCoy) is meeting with students missing as many as eight days and staff have begun extra socialization programs (chess club, art club) at the middle school to help students build in‑school relationships. The elementary campus reported October ADA at 95.6% and scheduled benchmark testing for the first week of December to measure progress.
