LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Thousands of students from the Los Angeles Unified School District returned to class Monday after winter break, and district officials issued an update on attendance rates, student safety and funding.
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho kicked off the second semester by teaching a flight, space and robotics class at Washington Irving Middle School Math Music Engineering Magnet.
During his remarks, Carvalho spoke out about LAUSD’s efforts to boost attendance rates, saying in the fall, attendance was back up to pre-pandemic levels.
“This year, we have knocked on 23,000 doors through our iAttend 2.0 effort,” he said. “We’ve made calls, we’ve nudged parents, we’ve tried to understand the root causes of chronic absenteeism that’s keeping a lot of our kids from being in school. We need kids in school to benefit from our educational programs. We also need kids in school because in this state, average daily attendance drives education funding.”
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