Provide regular mentorship and community-building opportunities to strengthen interpersonal relationships with students

Engage and build capacity of families to support attendance for students as a shared responsibility

Identify root causes for absences and offer comprehensive and schoolwide child welfare and attendance services to students, including tiered and differentiated absence prevention and intervention supports

Implement incentive programs for students with regular attendance, including recognition events, attendance “challenges,” and spirit days

Leverage school teams to conduct personalized, daily outreach to families of students with low attendance

Collaborate with organizations promoting student attendance and re-engagement efforts to increase coordination, consultation, and referrals

By 2026, we will:

Decrease the percentage of chronically absent students (attendance rate of 91% or less)

K-5 - 12.8% (from 13.6% in 2017-18, the most recent year without significant disruptions to inperson attendance)

6-8 - 11.6% (from 12.4% in 2017-18)

9-12 - 21.5% (from 22.3% in 2017-18)