attendance truancy school board presentation september 2017...becca/truancy board presentation...
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BECCA/Truancy
Board Presentation – Tuesday, September 19, 2017Presented by: Glenn Hasslinger, Supervisor
Patty Siegwarth, Executive Director
The Bellevue School District Mission: To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory
education so they can succeed in college, career and life.
For additional information regarding this presentation contact:
Glenn Hasslinger – SupervisorEmail: [email protected]: (425) 456‐4200
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WATruancyLawRCW28A.225Basics
“Washington law requires children from age 8 to 17 to attend a public school, private school, or to receive home‐based instruction (homeschooling) as provided in subsection (4) of RCW 28A.225.010.
Children who are 6‐ or 7‐years‐old are not required to be enrolled in school.
However, if parents enroll their 6‐ or 7‐year‐old, the student must attend full‐time. Youth who are 16 or older may be excused from attending public school if they meet certain requirements.”
WATruancyLawChanges• Previously districts were required to request conferences after two
unexcused absences in a month. • Now the parent conference occurs after the third unexcused absence
within any month.• If the parent doesn’t attend the scheduled conference (after the third
unexcused), the conference can be conducted with the student & school official and parent shall then be notified of the steps to be taken to eliminate or reduce the child’s absences.
• At some point after the second and before the fifth unexcused absence, the district is to take data informed steps to eliminate or reduce the child’s absences.
• In middle school and high school, these steps MUST include:• WARNS Assessment [Washington Assessment of Risks and Needs of
Students] OR• other assessment by a school district’s designee under RCW
28A.255.0263
WATruancyLawChanges• If a student has an existing IEP or 504 plan steps MUST include:• Meeting with the child’s IEP or 504 plan Team to consider the reasons for the child’s absences• Where appropriate‐ this may also include consulting a behavior specialist or mental health specialist
• if necessary AND if consent is provided by the parent‐ this could also include a functional behavioral assessment to be conducted and a detailed behavior plan to be completed.4
WARNS
• The Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students (WARNS) is a brief (53 to 74‐item) self‐report measure for 13 to 18‐year‐old youth designed to allow schools, courts, and youth service providers to assess individual risks and needs that may lead to truancy and/or school failure, and to target interventions accordingly.
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WARNS—SixNeedsScales• Aggression‐Defiance‐‐ refers to the tendency to act out one’s distress in an aggressive, irritable, and defiant manner
• Depression‐Anxiety‐‐assesses levels of internalizing behaviors, which tend to take the form of depression and anxiety, and may result in intense sadness, hopelessness, and sleeping and eating problems, among others
• Substance Abuse‐‐screens for the frequency of alcohol, marijuana, and “hard drug” use
• Peer Deviance‐‐assesses a variety of problematic behaviors among youth’s friends
• Family Environment‐‐focuses on a youth’s relationships with parent(s)/guardian(s) and home environment.
• School Engagement‐‐assesses how much students like going to school, and their engagement with the educational environment.
OtherInterventionstoReduceAbsences
• Continue collaborative attendance campaign “Right Place, Right Time, Ready to Learn”
• Collaboration between Bellevue School District, Lake Washington School District, and King County Housing Authority gathering other Eastside Pathways community partners for Attendance Awareness Month Planning meetings in June and August, planning for and obtaining commitments from varied agencies on ways in which they will assist with reducing absences.
• Developed attendance tool kits that included brochures, attendance calendars, attendance commitments, and monthly messaging.7
www.bsd405.org/attendance
¡LUGAR ADECUADOTIEMPO PRECISO
LISTO PARA APRENDER!
RIGHT PLACERIGHT TIME
READY TO LEARN!
欠席しない遅刻しない
勉強に集中しましょう!
Đúng chỗĐúng giờ
Sẵn sàng để học tập
На своем местеВо время
Готовы заниматься!
正确地方正确时间准备学习
맞는장소맞는시간배울준비
Make sure your child is in class, on time, every day.
Bellevue’sDistrictLevelInterventions
SchoolEngagementWorkshops• Meet every 2nd and 4thThursdays of the month at 4:30 PM at Sammamish High School.
• Select 5 ‐ 12 grade families are invited to each workshop
• Provides opportunity to hear about the law and reasons to engage in school
• Provides a venue for parents to talk with other parents and students in a facilitated conversation
• Provides families the opportunity to make a plan of action and seek specific help from the District 10
CommunityTruancyBoards• Meets every Wednesday 3:00 ‐5:30 PM
• 2 to 3 families served a week
• 24 volunteers serving as board members
• Provides each student and parent(s) the opportunity to be heard
• Community member helps to create a plan
• Builds support for families and students to help attendance improve
• Provides an opportunity for review and changes in the plan, as warranted
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT TOTALS
Average absences per
student
Rate per 100
students missing 10% or more of
school year
Average number of unexcused absences
per unexcused absences
Rate per 100 students
accumulating 10 or more unexcused absences
Average absences
per student
Rate per 100
students missing 10% or more of
school year
Average number of unexcused absences
per unexcused absences
Rate per 100 students
accumulating 10 or more unexcused absences
Average absences
per student
Rate per 100
students missing 10% or more of
school year
Average number of unexcused absences
per unexcused absences
Rate per 100 students
accumulating 10 or more unexcused absences
Average absences
per student
Rate per 100
students missing 10% or more of school year
Average number of unexcused absences
per unexcused absences
Rate per 100 students
accumulating 10 or more unexcused absences
Total 7.62 7.21 1.34 2.49 7.11 7.71 0.73 1.13 9.06 12.04 3.72 8.01 7.98 8.87 1.96 3.93
Race
African Am/Black 8.55 13.25 2.44 6.84 8.03 8.65 2.08 3.85 12.63 19.58 7.83 22.22 9.91 14.61 4.3 11.76
Am Indian 11.25 37.5 2.75 12.5 30.33 66.67 18 33.33 27.9 30 22.3 40 21.9 38.1 14.24 28.57
Asian 6.58 6.02 1.32 2.91 4.39 2.77 0.28 0.23 5.78 5.68 1.69 3.12 5.85 5.21 1.19 2.36
Pacific Is 9.18 13.64 3.32 13.64 8.5 10 1.5 10 8.91 18.18 4.18 18.18 8.95 13.95 3.12 13.95
Hispanic/Latino 9.31 10.56 2.14 3.98 10.08 14.9 1.73 2.75 18.83 29.47 11.84 26.47 12.19 16.87 4.82 10.09
Multi Ethnic 7.3 6.91 1.09 1.45 8.28 9.59 1.09 2.16 10.05 13.43 3.14 6.17 8.38 9.57 1.91 3.43
White 7.83 6.87 1.04 1.28 8.5 9.82 0.69 1.05 9.37 11.96 3 6.44 8.54 9.39 1.66 8.84
Service Code
ELL 8.4 9.71 1.88 3.65 7.86 9.97 0.97 0.66 14.71 21.52 9.75 22.49 9.28 11.5 2.95 5.84
Sped 14.89 20.08 2.47 5.6 16.39 21.36 2.55 5.34 18.99 32.03 10.89 24.72 16.27 25.31 6.01 13.47
504 8.28 6.87 1.01 0.38 10.88 15.79 1.03 1.4 13.39 22.44 5.29 12.54 11.84 21.38 3.27 7
Gen Ed 5.47 4.66 0.92 1.63 5.94 5.61 0.52 0.76 6.93 7.49 2.25 4.44 6.46 6.24 1.34 2.5
Gender
Male 7.49 7.12 1.32 2.41 6.5 6.81 0.66 1.08 9.11 11.37 4.01 8.82 7.78 8.43 2.03 4.13
Female 7.48 7.31 1.37 2.59 7.78 8.71 0.81 1.19 9.54 12.74 3.39 7.11 8.21 9.37 1.88 3.71
Lunch Status
F/R 9.5 13.95 2.4 5.42 9.96 16.49 2.28 4.93 14.65 23.93 8.73 20.59 11.64 17.93 4.54 10.51
No F/R 7.04 5.71 1.11 1.84 6.48 5.77 0.39 0.29 7.96 9.02 2.44 4.81 7.2 6.77 1.36 2.41
BrightSpots• In 2015‐16 BSD has the lowest chronic absenteeism in King County and the lowest in the state of districts with 5000+ students (7.6%)
• Working collaboratively with Lake Washington School District and community partners to share a similar attendance message.
• The Community Truancy Board has 24 volunteer members that are dedicated to working with students and families.
• Preventative work continues in collaboration with Eastside Pathways.
• Continued work with Bellevue Mediation program for School Engagement Workshops.
• Expanding awareness of the impact of absences on a student’s education.
• Working closely with students who struggle with school phobia and/or significant anxiety at Central Educational Services, improving their attendance.
Challenges/Opportunities• Securing more Community Truancy Board volunteers to enable us to work with even more families
• Securing additional resources (time, people and money) to expand preventative efforts and early intervention
• Expanding the role of Central Educational Services to work with more students struggling with attendance
• Addressing the disproportionality related to attendance issues
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• Glenn Hasslinger• Email: [email protected]• Phone: (425) 456‐4200