The USD 253 Board of Education heard a presentation on district-wide attendance at its meeting Wednesday evening.
Presented to the board by student and family support liaison Patricia Reyes and assistant superintendent of teaching, learning and support services Sheryl Leeds, the presentation, Leeds said, covered the ways in which the district is actively trying to combat poor attendance in at-risk youth.
From leveraging community partners and performing home visits, to offering simple tips and tricks for parents and students to follow to ensure attendance goals are met, Leeds said the district is doing a lot to guarantee chronic absenteeism is down across the board.
Also on Wednesday’s docket was the FastBridge and Kansas Assessment Presentation by director of assessments and accountability Ryan Karjala.
Currently, Karjala said FastBridge results are up across the district, which he said is due in large part to the work educators are doing in the classrooms.
Wednesday evening’s agenda also saw the approval of an over $13 million HVAC project, a traditional calendar for upcoming academic years and course catalogue updates.
