As we discussed last year, the Missouri Department of Secondary and Elementary Education (DESE) is placing a great focus on school attendance. They expect all students to have at least 90% attendance. Our goal this school year is to have 90% of our students with at least 90% attendance. You might wonder how many days can a student miss before they drop below 90%? Seventeen days is the threshold. I know there are many legitimate reasons to miss school. Let’s work together to have your child here as many days as possible. As the year progresses, I will be sending individual attendance updates notifying families if their child is below 90%.
Below is the current attendance for Ridgeview compared to last school year. This data represents the percentage of students that have at least 90% attendance.
