Clay Elementary targets attendance and monitoring improvements, adds family events

Clay Elementary leaders presented school-specific goals for the 2026–27 year, emphasizing measurable progress on academic targets, improved monitoring of individualized education plans and a concentrated effort to reduce chronic absenteeism.

The school plans monthly family events (most free to families), added recess and increased student opportunities during the school day to help raise engagement. Administrators said they will progress-monitor attendance and interventions and deploy support plans when a student reaches set absence thresholds; they cited letters and meetings with families at defined absence levels to identify barriers and offer supports. The stated attendance target is about 12% chronic absenteeism, down from higher recent levels.

Clay also described instructional adjustments: targeted one-on-one time for students with IEPs, teacher collaboration cycles to monitor classroom data more frequently, and continued use of I-Ready for interim checks. No formal board action was requested; this was a school-level informational presentation to the board.