Students
If a student is coughing, but not running a fever, can I send them to school?
Yes, but if your child is running a fever, they should stay at home until their temperature returns to a normal feeling.
If your child has a persistent cough that may disrupt your child’s ability to learn or cause disruption to the class, should you send them to school?
No, please keep your child home if their cough is so bad that they may disrupt others or if they will be unable to stay focused.
True or False: Absences are only a problem if they are unexcused
False
True or False: Attendance only matters in the upper grades
False
Fill in the blank. Data suggests that good attendance = more _______ in college
Failure or Success
Success
What does is mean to be chronically absent?
Missing more than 10% of days during a school year.
What would be a good way for my child's teacher to involve me more in the classroom?
Create a family focused learning system:
Co-designing policies, strategies, and resources for families to strive.
How can I make my child's absence excused?
Call the office and let them know your child will be absent
Fill in the blank: Students who are tardy 10 minutes a week, lose almost an entire ______ of instruction per year.
Day
From Kindergarten through 5th grade students have a 6000 hour learning gap. How many hours are spent outside the school with family and community?
5,000 hours. Only 1,000 hours are spent in school meaning children actually have more time to learn outside of school and in the community.
True or False: Students who are chronically absent in 1st grade have lower scores in 6th grade than their peers
True
What are strategies for classroom community-building to to give students a voice?
Comment cards
Weekly notes to the teacher
Classroom forums
If my child is running a fever, when can I send them back to school?
After child is fever free for 24 hours without medication.
True or False: Students who are chronically absent have higher rates of suspension in middle school than their peers
True
Of those 5,000 hours, where can children learn other than home?
Visit a Museum
Join a parks and recreation sport or activity
Go learn more at a local business
Join a faith based organization
Do volunteer work
Fill in the blank: Students who are chronically tardy are more likely to be chronically _______.
Absent
What is the teachers role in making their school a high-quality school?
Create an ecology of learning for each student to have their own personal connection to school. Build an equitable learning pathway for students to have learning experiences inside and outside of school.
Does my child have to stay home if they have been exposed through contact tracing of someone who left school because of contracting covid?
No, we no longer contact trace, as long as they do not have a fever, they can come to school.
Fill in the blank: After a student is absent for ___ days, parents/guardians will receive a phone call and letter from the school.
Five (5)
The pathway to learning must include what three parts as the priority?
Family, Community, and School
Fill in the blank: After a student is absent from school for _____ days, school social workers will take over the case.
Ten (10)
Five areas of investment as a teacher include....?
Community Initiatives
Data Pathways
Public Policy Change
Capacity Building and Professional Development
Public Communication and Engagement Strategies
If a child is absent for ____ consecutive days they are automatically dropped from our system.
Fifteen (15)
Fill in the blank: After ___ days, parents will need to meet with administration to create a plan to improve attendance.
Seven (7)
The most common understandings of community involvement in schools usually include community members dropping into preexisting school structures, through opportunities like:
Volunteering in schools
Mentoring students
Inviting families to school events
School visits from local professionals
Workshops with community organizations