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Determining Priority Students Throughout the Year
Determining Priority Students Throughout the Year

This table will help you determine who should receive your primary focus and when throughout the school year.

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Written by Emily Orngard
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Determining Priority Students Throughout the Year

Priority Students:

While the Attendance Team will be supporting attendance at every tier throughout the year, the priority or focal students who will receive the most interventions and support will rotate based on the time of year.

Month

Tier 1 At Risk

5-10%

Tier 2

10-20%

Tier 3

20% +

Prior Year Chronic Absence*

August

X

Sept (20-30 days after start of school)

X

X

Oct

X

X

Nov

X

X

Dec

X

X

Jan

X

X

Feb

X

X

March

X

X

April

X

X

May

X

June

X

*Note: If the number of students who were chronically absent last year is too high to create a focus group, reduce the number in this focus group to students who were chronically absent last year AND miss two days in the first two weeks or month of school.

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