As chronic absenteeism rises in schools, officials search for ways to entice students to stay in the classroom
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Angela Schwartz (right), an attendance implementation specialist, catches up with student Ella Hawk at Burrell High School. School officials say it’s important to build relationships with all students and create incentives to make coming to school worthwhile.
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Angela Schwartz is an attendance implementation specialist at Burrell High School.
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Mike Toole, assistant principal at Highlands Elementary School, holds an assembly called RAMS Roundups that rewards students for good behavior and attendance.
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Angela Schwartz, an attendance implementation specialist, greets student Jordan Baker Crosby at Burrell High School.
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Fourth graders at Highlands Elementary School react to winning the “Be Here! Ice Cream Incentive” for January. Every month, the homeroom that has the most students with perfect attendance earns an ice cream party.
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Linton Middle School counselor Kyoko Henson has been working with students in the Penn Hills School District for 17 years.
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Paige Ponsonby, dean of students at Greensburg Salem Middle School, says early intervention techniques such as “making connections and building relationships” are key to curbing truancy.
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Paige Ponsonby, dean of students at Greensburg Salem Middle School, says early intervention techniques such as “making connections and building relationships” are key to curbing truancy.
