Attendance Newsletter

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Attendance in the Early Grades:

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• Arabic

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Attendance Note to School

Attendance Policy

Absences Add Up

Attendance Playbook

Best Practices to Improve Student Attendance

Skipping to Nowhere

The Power of Positive Connections Toolkit

Chronic Absence: 3 Tiers of Intervention

Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence

Positive Strategies for Addressing Student Absences

Education World: Triumph Over Truancy

Education World: We Can Fix Chronic Absenteeism

Education World: Schools Mount Fight Against Chronic Absenteeism

Brookings: Chronic Absenteeism

NYS Center for School Health

Every Student Present

U.S. Dept. Of Education: Chronic Absenteeism in the Nation's Schools

Contact Information:

Meagan Bender
Attendance Teacher
McKinney-Vento Liaison (For more info, view the H.E.A.R.T. Resources page.)
Email: mbender@lackawannaschools.org 

Sandy Abdallah
High School
Phone: 716-821-5610 ext. 2001
Email: sabdallah@lackawannaschools.org

Shafeeqah Ahmed
Middle School
Phone: 716 821-5610 ext. 3000

Jessica Rappa
Martin Road Elementary
Email: jrappa@lackawannaschools.org

Kim Luong
Martin Road Elementary
Phone: 716-821-5610 ext. 4313
Email: kluong@lackawannaschools.org

Elizabeth Wolf
Truman Elementary
Phone: 716-821-5610 ext. 5350
Email: ewolf@lackawannaschools.org

Susan Staniszewski
Truman Elementary
Phone: 716-821-5610 ext. 5741
Email: sstaniszewski@lackawannaschools.org