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Original GOAL Goal 16: Increase student attendance and decrease chronic truancies and absenteeism. Related State and/or Local Priorities:
from prior year 1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5_x_ 6__ 7__ 8__
LCAP: COE only: 9__ 10__
Local : Specify _____________________

Goal Applies to: Schools: LEA wide All students
Applicable Pupil Subgroups:

Expected Student attendance will meet or exceed attendance rate from Actual Annual Department of Student and Community Services, Foster Youth
Annual previous year. Coordinator met regularly with school teams and social services
Measurable Measurable to implement motivational strategies to improve attendance. In
Outcomes: Outcomes: an effort to increase school attendance, transportation was
arranged for McKinney‐Vento students.

Despite the effort, attendance rates are down

0.0116% with only 77 school days left this school year.

Planned Actions/Services LCAP Year: 2014‐15
Actual Actions/Services

Budgeted Estimated
Student Community Services, Career Tech Education, Expenditures Actual Annual
Counselors (staff and program costs) Expenditures
$6,378,841 Student Community Services diligently monitored student
BASE attendance, truancies and absenteeism throughout the year. 6,378,841
The Administrative Director, Coordinators and the Senior Staff
Clerk regularly ran the appropriate attendance reports,
communicated with school sites regarding students with
attendance concerns and made home visits when prudent.

SCS has worked with each school site to maintain attendance
within .016% of last year's mark of over 96.1%, one of the
highest attendance in the entire state. The SCS Administrative
Director and the Coordinators have held regular meetings and
trainings with the Principals and Assistant Principals to maintain
attendance as a primary focus.

In an effort to stay abreast current attendance rates and
strategies to improve attendance rates, SCS sponsored the
annual COMP STAT meeting in February.