Politics & Government
Nearly 2 in 5 K-8 Students Truant in 2010-2011
The Redwood City School District's suspension and expulsion rate trended below the state and county's rates during the 2010-2011 school year.
Nearly two in five students in the were truant during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the State Department of Education's most recent data.
As students head back to school this month, parents and guardians are reminded to write notes when their child is absent or else the absence will be counted as a truant.
Parents and guardians should also try their best to make sure their students are on time because three or more tardies also count as a truant. The city has provided information on its website about safe drop-offs to ensure on-time arrivals in a safe manner.
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During the same academic school year, approximately 25 percent of students in the county were truant compared to the state’s average of nearly 30 percent.
had the fewest number of truant students, followed by then .
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However, the school district’s expulsion rate was about the same as the county’s and state’s at 0.3 percent, and the expulsions substantially below at 5.9 percent compared to 8.35 percent and 11.4 percent at the county and state level, respectively.
Superintendent Jan Christensen said at a school board meeting that she was pleased with the change in climate, in suspensions and expulsions from previous years.
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School Enrollment Truants* Truancy Rate Expulsions Suspensions Suspension Rate Adelanted Immersion School 548 181 33.0% 0 13 2.4% Clifford School 771 341 44.2% 3 39 5.1% Fair Oaks School 463 132 28.5% 0 12 2.6% Garfield School 663 224 33.8% 4 52 7.8% Hawes School 431 153 35.5% 0 37 8.6% Henry Ford School 460 236 51.3% 0 7 1.5% Hoover School 874 345 39.5% 7 131 15.0% John Gill School 842 378 44.9% 9 96 11.4% Kennedy Middle School 453 164 36.2% 1 21 4.6% McKinley Institute of Technology 381 117 30.7% 1 15 3.9% North Star Academy 540 116 21.5% 0 0 0% Orion School 220 53 24.1% 0 2 0.9% Roosevelt School 379 168 44.3% 0 24 6.3% Roy Cloud School 813 277 34.1% 0 29 3.6% Selby Lane School 715 374 52.3% 2 50 7.0% Taft School 550 207 37.6% 0 7 1.3% District Average 38.1% (Average) 0.30% 5.9% County Average 91,559 25.07% (Average) 0.35% 8.35% State Average 6,174,717 29.76%Â (Average) 0.30% 11.4%*Truants are an unexcused absence or tardy on 3 or more days
Look up other districts' expulsion, suspension and truancy rates on the state's website.
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