by Superintendent Robert "Bob" LewandowskiOne of our largest barriers to student success in Mission is attendance. In order to provide students the educational development needed to grow and succeed, they need to come to school every day. In order to overcome the attendance barrier, the district will be implementing a number of initiatives to improve student attendance.
We know how difficult it can be for parents and grandparents to get children to school. The school wants to do everything possible to help. Starting Monday, October 31, 2011 students that have seven (7) or more unexcused absences will receive a complementary phone call at 7:00 AM from our automated phone system. The call will include a morning attendance greeting and the time school starts. If a child has ten (10) or more unexcused absences you will receive two (2) complementary phone calls: one at 7:00 AM and another at 7:30 AM. If anyone would like a complementary morning greeting, regardless to your child’s attendance, please contact the school office and we will be glad to set that up for you.
On days when students are absent, parents will receive an automated phone call at 8:45 AM indicating their child’s absence. We will be doing this to provide timely parent notification that their child has not arrived at school. This call not only addresses attendance issues, but helps provide parental assurance that their child has arrived safely at school. We will continue to provide follow up calls by the secretarial staff for additional assurances.
The automated phone calling system is just one way to help overcome the attendance barrier. Please let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions to help improve student attendance. If you receive a morning attendance greeting and would like it removed, please don’t hesitate to call your building principal to discuss alternative methods to improve your child’s attendance.
Together we can make our great school even better by providing every student the opportunity needed to succeed.
