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Board hears proposal for optional flexible school-day program to address chronic absenteeism
Summary
District staff described a state program that would allow flexible attendance windows, Saturday make-up days and summer enrichment to recover average daily attendance and help chronically absent students; trustees asked about staffing and budget impacts.
District leaders recommended pursuing an optional flexible school-day program to improve graduation rates by recovering lost instructional time and increasing attendance-based funding.
Dr. Shook described the program’s goals and mechanics: “The goal of the program is to improve graduation rates, and that is done through attendance,” he said, citing a presentation brought back from a conference. He explained the program can allow flexible school times at nontraditional campuses such as Crossroads, Saturday sessions that recoup portions of a school day (240 minutes equal one ADA day), and summer camps that combine remediation with enrichment.
Trustees asked whether staff and budgets exist to support additional Saturday or evening sessions. Dr. Shook said existing after‑school and tutoring programs and allocated campus funds could be leveraged: “We already do, tutoring. The secondary campuses... have after school clubs and activities and then tutoring is a part of that too,” he said. Trustees and staff noted a district that piloted similar options improved attendance from the upper 80s to upper 90s.
No formal application or vote was recorded during this special meeting; staff indicated they would return with implementation details and budget estimates for board consideration at a later meeting.
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