DCSD Attendance

2025 Student October Count Audit Resource Guide

Delayed start due to weather....Finalsite Attendance Calls

When the district announces a 90-minute weather delay, any attendance automatic dialers scheduled to operate before the start of the delay should not go out. For example, if you have an automated dialer set for 9:00 AM and the delay start time for your building is 9:30 AM, the calls should not be sent. To manually run your building's calls, go to Messages > Automated Messages, then scroll to the right and select the box with an arrow in it (RUN). This will manually initiate your calls after you have updated your building's attendance.

If you choose not to have your dialer send out calls at the pre-arranged time, go to Messages > Automated Messages and click on your message. De-select all buttons except for app/mobile, and no automated calls will be made. When you are ready for calls to resume, follow the same steps and select all the buttons. Depending on when you turn it back on, you may need to run the dialer manually, as mentioned earlier.

Infinte Campus Parent Notifications regarding attendance

For Administration & Attendance Staff

IC Generated Attendance Letters

LINK - To ALL Attendance Documents (Exhibit A, B, C & D)

Handouts and Messaging

It's hard to believe October is already here, and the holidays are near. It’s vital to communicate the proper message about attendance to families, students, and the community. Effective messaging encourages a culture and habit of regular school attendance by explaining its importance and how everyone can help ensure students attend.

Attendance Challenge Webinar: Health and Wellness | Monday, November 18 9:30 - 11:00am

Webinar Registration

The next in our Attendance Challenge Webinar series will be focused on Health and Wellness: From Nurses to Nutrition. We hope you’ll join us in November to learn more about how health and wellness intersect with attendance. We’ll be hearing from experts, highlighting best practices from across Colorado, and having a chance to connect with other folks invested in attendance.

Past Webinars and Workshops

Wednesday, September 24, 2025: Family Engagement Lays the Foundation for Attendance and Learning

Research shows that strong engagement with families improves school attendance. But what exactly do we mean by family engagement? Family engagement is a partnership between families, educators and community groups and agencies to support the learning and development of all students. If families have a voice in the decisions that affect their children, understand what students are learning as well as the impact of attendance on their children’s well-being, believe that sending their children to school will lead to a better future, and have faith that schools will support them, they are more likely to get their students to school regularly. When schools and community groups/agencies reach out to families as partners, they are more likely to cultivate trust and develop meaningful solutions to chronic absence.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025: Student Connectedness Fosters Attendance and Engagement

Research shows that building a sense of connection to school — for all students and families — is an effective strategy for preventing and reducing chronic absence and conveying the value of showing up to school every day. And school connectedness is something all schools and districts can do.

Join us for this webinar to explore how districts, schools and community partners can work together to ensure students are connected to a caring adult and their peers, create a sense of belonging and engage students in pro-social activities. We will also highlight the crucial importance of taking steps putting this in place at the beginning of the school year.

This session will provide attendees with evidence-based interventions, along with tools and resources that can improve attendance and student connectedness.

Attendance Training & Future Learning Resources

This training will provide staff with updated attendance policies, procedures, and best practices to support accurate reporting and early intervention for students at risk of chronic absenteeism. Participants will gain tools to promote daily attendance, improve data integrity, and foster a culture of engagement across all school levels.

Upcoming Training for Attendance Staff: