In 2024, to tackle chronic absenteeism, the Carson City Mayor, Lori Bagwell, alongside other community partners, launched an attendance incentive campaign, ‘Mayor’s Attendance Hall of Fame.”.
As of the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year, eight of the nine schools in the Carson City School District (CCSD) have seen a “desired decline” in chronic absenteeism; of those schools, two have shown a lower chronic absenteeism as compared to pre-COVID percentages.
CCSD says that chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least 10 percent of a student’s days in a school year for any reason, whether it be excused or unexcused absences…