Attendance
School Attendance Matters: Every Day Counts!
FWPS understands how important families, teachers, and schools are in helping scholars succeed in school. Attendance is crucial to building a strong foundation for their success in school and after they graduate.
Showing Up Matters, Every Scholar Matters.
Too often students, parents and schools do not realize how quickly absences, excused and unexcused, can add up to academic trouble.
Chronic absences—missing 10 percent of the school year, or just 2-3 days every month—can translate into third-graders unable to master reading, sixth-graders failing courses, and ninth-graders dropping out of high school.
- Every day missed is a day of instruction missed, a day of classroom interaction with students and teachers that can’t be recovered.
- Attendance matters as early as kindergarten. Studies show many children who miss too many days in kindergarten and first grade can struggle academically in later years. They often have trouble mastering reading by the end of third grade.
- Chronic absence does not just affect the students who miss school. If too many students are chronically absent, it slows down instruction for other students, who must wait while the teacher repeats material for absentee students. This makes it harder for students to learn and teachers to teach.
- Preschool is a great time to start building a habit of good attendance. Young children with poor attendance in preschool also lose out on valuable learning time and if chronic absence continues into kindergarten, it can pull down academic achievement.
Absences
Are you currently homeless or in temporary housing?
For information regarding your rights and support available to you, contact:
McKinney-Vento
253-945-2091
mckinneyvento@fwps.org
Contact Us
Cierra Gamble
Liaison for Equity and Scholar Attendance
253-945-2157
becca@fwps.org
cgamble@fwps.or
Sophie Afework
Outreach Liaison for Attendance, McKinney Vento, & Native Education
253-945-2165
safework@fwps.org
Links & Resources
Helpful Links
- Family Community Partnership Office
- Student Support Services
- School/Staff Directory
- Attendance Works
- Get Schooled
- Ready Set Grad
- King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Truancy Page
- Compulsory Attendance Law
- How to Activate your ParentVUE Account
- School Attendance Law & Policy
- King County Attendance
- Family Help Bank