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Elementary principal reports attendance initiative and gains in OSAS scores
Summary
Alicia Jansen told the board the district is piloting benchmarking tools and a summer bridge program; she reported improvements in OSAS scores (3rd–5th: math +8%, ELA +9%), outlined a weekly outreach plan to boost regular attendance, and set a Sept. 10 start for intensified attendance meetings.
Alicia Jansen, reporting for the elementary school, highlighted safety drills, a pilot of benchmarking software (Freckle) and a suite of summer programs including credit recovery and bridge classes. She told trustees the district’s third through fifth graders showed gains on OSAS scores — approximately +8% in math and +9% in ELA — while noting a drop in science that staff plan to address by reworking instructional schedules.
On attendance, Jansen described a new, focused strategy: the attendance team will meet weekly (15 minutes) beginning Sept. 10 and assign small caseloads of families for personalized outreach (texts, calls and messages). "Our goal is... we're going to talk about those families and we're going to make contact with them," she said, explaining the plan to monitor and iterate the approach.
Trustees praised the improvement and asked clarifying questions about how personal contact will be framed; Jansen gave sample scripts and stressed relationship-building rather than punitive messages. The board endorsed tracking the pilot and reviewing results in the coming months.
