03/08/2023
Hi Everyone,
I am again sending an email with respect to gaining your support for getting our kids to school each day, as well as with being on-time.
While RPE is #1 in our Crawford Cluster of schools, we have been 43rd out of 119 District schools for the past two months with respect to our attendance percentage. Worse, 30% of our students are termed Chronically Absent, with 6% Nearly Chronic, and 25% Trending Chronically Absent. We must do better.
It is not just about the numbers. I know from first-hand experience when I was a teacher that kids who miss a lot of school simply don't do as well academically as kids who are present each day. It makes sense because our teachers have pacing guidelines that they need to hit to make sure we cover all the academic core material - if a child is chronically absent, they miss vital information.
Please help us to educate our students by setting the learning tone for the day by having our kids here on-time and present each day. This will pay off in the long run for the education of our kids. If you have special circumstances where getting to school is an issue, please let me know and I will see how I can help.
