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Team Work Across the Community at Reedley High School

Reedley High School is a comprehensive high school located in the Kings Canyon Unified School District in California’s central valley. The school serves 1,773 students. At 5.6%, Reedley’s chronic absence rate is well below the statewide average and the overall rate for high schools in…
Published:   Jan 2024

Family Connections, Strong Culture at Sanger High School

Sanger High School is a large, comprehensive high school serving 3,579 students and is located in California’s central valley. Although Sanger’s chronic absence rate of 21.8% is higher than school leaders would like, it is still well below the statewide average of 30%.
Published:   Jan 2024

Student Well-Being a Top Priority at Ramona High School

Ramona High School is a large, comprehensive high school located in Riverside County, CA., and serves 2,078 students. When asked to describe the school, Assistant Principal for Student Support Services, Estephany Balcazar, Ph.D., noted that the school prioritizes student well-being.
Published:   Jan 2024

Sac City: First, Focus on Infrastructure

Located in northern California, Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) has a highly diverse student population of 40,660 students with 72% of families living in poverty. In September 2018, the district had a chronic absence rate of over 16 percent, nearly 5 percent higher than…
Published:   May 2020

Rural Maine: Relationship Building Improved Outreach During Covid-19

In 2015, educators at Waterboro Elementary School in rural Maine rarely talked about attendance with families. Like in many schools, staff members believed the administration or home school coordinator were responsible for contacting families. So, when the district introduced its new chronic absenteeism…
Published:   May 2020

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