Attendance Improvement Office

The Attendance Improvement Office (AIO) was formed by the Elk Grove Unified School District in 2015 with the desired intent to monitor and improve the attendance of all students within the district.

The AIO has evolved from the original “pilot program” that covered just four regions for the first few years to know covering the entire district including all schools across the district. The AIO staff utilizes a number of different researched – based interventions that are designed to improve attendance and offer support in identified areas that may be impacting attendance.

The interventions may include documented student and parent communication by site staff, automated attendance letters, automated phone message and/or texts, parent communication by AIO staff, Student Attendance Review Team (SART) meeting, Partners Against Chronic Truancy (PACT) meetings, home visit from law enforcement, Student Attendance Review Board (SARB), and Truancy Court through the Sacramento County Juvenile Court System. AIO regularly includes the regional SAFE Centers, district nurses, Foster Youth Services, drug and alcohol resources, and teen pregnancy services, EGUSD SEL Resources, and other non-profit community-based counseling services to assist with a variety of needs that may impact our students and their attendance.

School Attendance Review Board (SARB)

School Attendance Review Board (SARB) was established by the California legislature in 1975 for the purposes of maintaining a better effort to meet the needs of students with attendance and/or behavior problems and promoting the use of alternatives to the juvenile court system. SARB seeks to understand why students are experiencing attendance and/or behavior problems, and serves as a vehicle to correct those problems when existing school and community resources have been exhausted. SARB is specifically charged with funding solutions to unresolved student attendance and discipline problems by bringing together, on a regular basis, representatives of the multiple agencies such as Healthy Start Family Resource Centers, Foster Youth Services, and representatives from the Department of Human Assistance, Child Protective Services, the County Office of Education, Probation and other law enforcement agencies, such as Sheriffs, Police and the District Attorney’s Office.

When Should My Child Stay Home?

When Should My Child Stay Home? (Flyer)
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Help Your Child Succeed in Elementary School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance (Source: Attendance Works)
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Pay Attention to Attendance Keep Your Teen on Track in Middle and High School (Source: Attendance Works)
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Public Service Announcements

Attendance is Key

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At School Every Day

Attendance Matters

Strategic Goals - Guiding Principals

Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism

Attendance Improvement Office (AIO)

Don Gordon – Coordinator

Lamarr Jackson – Regional Attendance Improvement Technician (MTHS and VHS Regions)

Melissa Zepeda – Regional Attendance Improvement Technician (FrHS and EGHS Regions)

Heidi Harris – Regional Attendance Improvement Technician (PGHS and FrHS. Regions)

Aisha Percoats – Regional Attendance Improvement Technician (MTHS and Alt. Ed Regions)

Ashleigh Cloward – Regional Attendance Improvement Technician (SHS and LCHS Regions)

TBD – Program Assistant

Phone: (916) 793-2260

Mailing Address:
Attendance Improvement Office
Elk Grove Unified School District
9510 Elk Grove Florin Road
Elk Grove, CA 95624

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