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NO ONE WAS HURT AT THE SCHOOL DURING THAT SHELTER IN PLACE. OUR STATES LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS STRUGGLED WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SO NOW A NEW SYSTEM AT MANZANO HIGH SCHOOL IS HELPING SCHOOL LEADERS TACKLE THE ISSUE. PEYTON SPELLACY SPOKE WITH OFFICIALS ABOUT THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. PEYTON, I UNDERSTAND THIS FOCUSES ON THREE MAJOR AREAS THAT IMPACT STUDENTS. YEAH, THATS RIGHT. TODD SO THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WAS STARTED BY A PROFESSOR AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AND IT FOCUSES ON THREE KEY INDICATORS, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR AND COURSE PERFORMANCE. SO WHEN DATA SUGGESTS THAT A STUDENT IS STARTING TO HAVE SOME TROUBLE, THATS WHEN THEY START TO INTERVENE. THIS IS WHEN A STUDENT MISSES 10% OR MORE CLASSES IF THEYRE IN, IF THEY HAVE ANY SUSPENSIONS OR INCIDENTS, OR IF A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING IN CLASS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEYRE ALREADY SEEING PROGRESS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS CHRONICALLY ABSENT HAS DROPPED FROM 65% WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED TO 35%. THIS YEAR. THE SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, JEANNIE STARK, SAYS THAT THEY START CALLING PARENTS AFTER A THIRD MISSED DAY, AND THEN THEY START DOING HOME VISITS AFTER THE 10TH MISSED DAY, WE WENT TO THEIR HOUSE AND THE DAD WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR AND THE DAUGHTER WAS ASLEEP. AND WHEN THEY THEY BROUGHT HER OUT AND THEY SAID, YOU SAY THAT NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU, BUT LOOK, THEYRE HERE RIGHT NOW ASKING YOU TO COME TO SCHOOL. WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE. ABOUT OF WHY ARE YOU NOT COMING TO SCHOOL? LET US HELP YOU. THEY SAY THIS IS ALREADY BECOMING A MODEL SYSTEM FOR OTHER APS SCHOOLS. AND THERES OTHER. THERES ABOUT 11 OTHER APS SCHOOLS THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW REPORTING LIVE. IM PEYTON SPELLACY KO