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Attendance Success Team

The Attendance Success Team at PUSD is committed to advancing student success by establishing district wide best practices for improving student engagement in learning and reducing chronic absenteeism.

Improving school attendance improves success in school. As a small team we are able to connect families to school resources and create capacities for a successful year for each student.
 

With your commitment and support, we envision PUSD students coming to school on time, every day, more connected, supported, and engaged in their learning community. As a team we work alongside the school administrators, teachers, community groups, the students, and their families, to find creative, long-term solutions to attendance barriers and challenges.

What is chronic absenteeism? 

More than 8 million students nationally miss more than 10% of their school days in a year, the standard measure for chronic absenteeism. Arizona  schools and PUSD schools have high rates of chronic absenteeism when compared to national averages. 

Nationally, an average of 1 in 6 students are chronically absent, while in Arizona the number increases to 1 in 5 and in Prescott the number can in fact at times increase to 1 in 4. 

Chronically absent students are distinguished for a variety of reasons.

"Broadly defined, chronic absence is missing so much school for any reason that a student is at risk of not reading in early grades, failing middle school classes, and dropping out of high school."

For more information visit the link: Chronic Absence – The Problem

More Information

  • Visit Attendance Works for in  depth information regarding attendance and how to combat chronic absenteeism:
    Attendance Works
     
  • Watch this video from Attendance Works to hear from parents about the importance of attendance and ways to help their child attend school everyday:
    Bringing Attendance Home
     
  • Visit this link often to tune into various webinars where you can listen in to current directors/ administrators talk all things attendance:
    Attendance Works Webinars
     
  • View this infographic that outlines the importance of attending school everyday and who is affected by chronic absences:
    Attendance Works Infographic
     
  • Watch this short video that describes the  prevalence, causes, and academic 
    consequences of chronic absenteeism 
    nationally and to see how three rural school district’s in California’s Central Valley was able to boost attendance:
    Attendance Matters