District reports growth in Saturday attendance‑recovery sessions

Paula updated the committee on the district's Saturday attendance‑recovery program, which the district uses to recover ADA for state reporting (CALPADS). She said the program's first session was Jan. 21; subsequent sessions had rising participation, most recently 24 students.

"Our 1st 1 was on January 21. We had 21 kids on February. The last 1 was on... I might have the dates wrong because I wrote February 24, 24 kids. It was last Saturday. We had 24 kids," Paula said, summarizing recent attendance‑recovery sessions. She added the district records attendance recovery in Aeries as an ADA makeup for CALPADS purposes but does not change the original absence record.

Paula said administrators rotate oversight for Saturday school, that meals and custodial staff are provided, and that the program will run two more sessions this year. She also said the district intends to refine the process and will report counts and ADA recovery totals at the next meeting.