Attendance Issues
CUSD Superintendent: Saddened That Planned Student Walk Out Is Based on Misperceptions and Misinformation
Apr 12, 2010
Contrary to union claims, Superintendent also confirms Reform Board's decision regarding CUEA negotiations substantially compromised its original pre-impasse proposal with fact finder's recommendation.
Letter to Parents re Planned K - 12 Student Walk Out
By Dr. Roberta Mahler, Interim Superintendent, CUSD
Dear Parents,
During the last week you may have read one or more e-mails advocating for a "K - 12 Student Walk-out" to take place on April 13 as a symbolic gesture of support for the teachers' union position regarding labor negotiations. It is of significant concern to hear that students would be held out of school on a regularly scheduled and staffed school day in order to address adult issues. Read More...
Comments
Falsifying Attendance Records
Mar 07, 2006
Fraud for the purpose of receiving state
funding
We have received credible reports of CUSD school administrators intentionally falsifying attendance records for the purpose of obtaining State funding that CUSD otherwise would not have been entitled to receive. State funding for schools is based on average daily attendance (ADA). If a student is absent, the school district does not receive money for that child. Therefore, it literally pays for a school district to inflate attendance records to gain funding that they wouldn’t otherwise be entitled to receive. Although there are undoubtedly many, many examples, we have summarized two compelling cases where students were marked as “in attendance” when they were actually absent for extended periods of time for medical reasons. Read More...
We have received credible reports of CUSD school administrators intentionally falsifying attendance records for the purpose of obtaining State funding that CUSD otherwise would not have been entitled to receive. State funding for schools is based on average daily attendance (ADA). If a student is absent, the school district does not receive money for that child. Therefore, it literally pays for a school district to inflate attendance records to gain funding that they wouldn’t otherwise be entitled to receive. Although there are undoubtedly many, many examples, we have summarized two compelling cases where students were marked as “in attendance” when they were actually absent for extended periods of time for medical reasons. Read More...