Siskiyou COE Connection

Attendance with Melissa Blackinton

Episode Summary

Melissa Blackinton joins us to discuss important considerations around student attendance.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Melissa touches on:

• impacts she's seeing around Siskiyou County on student attendance
• the differences between chronic absenteeism and truancy
• the link between student engagement and attendance
• the SCOE attendance challenge
• Student Attendance Review Teams and the Student Attendance Review Board
• the general shift away from punitive means to turn student attendance around

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