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Dropout Prevention: Strategies for Success

Learn about dropout prevention policies, early strategies, and initiatives to improve graduation rates in schools. Discover how to implement a comprehensive approach and analyze the reasons behind student dropouts. Explore attendance policies, credit recovery programs, and substance abuse prevention services. Presented by Nick Rhodes.

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Dropout Prevention: Strategies for Success

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  1. DROPOUT PREVENTION Presented by: Nick Rhodes

  2. DROPOUT PREVENTION • Dropout: State Board Policy HSP-Q-001 • Any Student Who Leaves School for Any Reason Before Graduation or Completion of a Program of Studies Without Transferring to Another Elementary or Secondary School • For Reporting Purposes, a Dropout is a Student Who Was Enrolled at Some Time During the Previous School Year, But Who Was Not Enrolled on Day 20 of the Current School Year. • A Dropout is a Student Who is Not a Transfer and Leaves School Before Earning a Diploma.

  3. Dropout Prevention • Everybody’s Job • Long Term School Board Responsibility • Systemic and Systematic Approach • Analyze Who and Why • Multi-Faceted Problem and Solutions • Not “a Program” or “a Person” • Strategic Emphasis • Continuous Monitoring and Adjustment

  4. Early Strategies for Dropout Prevention • Slow Down Process for Releasing Dropouts for Enrollment In GED Program • Revise Attendance Policy/Procedures • Offer a 21 Credit Diploma for Alternative School Students • Increase Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Services • Provide Flexible Credit Recovery programs at All High Schools

  5. Establish Attendance Policy • Based on District with Best Attendance Rate • Time-for-time consequences for unexcused absences • Requirement to make up work for all absences • Definitions of excessive absences • Incentives, including exam exemptions

  6. Graduation Rates of Area Counties

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