Freshman on Track Resources

The Butterfly Strategy: Some students were not fully disengaged, but they were missing school in a repeated weekly pattern that broad incentives did not solve. 

Michigan Rural Districts:  Students were missing school because of family responsibilities, work obligations, transportation challenges, poverty, homelessness, low connection to school, and difficulty seeing how attendance connected to their future. 

Watonga- Tribes & School Connection: the article identifies deeper causes such as generational distrust rooted in boarding school history, lack of basic resources, transportation barriers, bullying, cultural misunderstanding, and students not always feeling welcomed or valued in school. 

Colorado Chronic Absenteeism: Garfield Re 2 needed to recover from high post pandemic absence and rebuild student engagement, especially through stronger systems for attendance monitoring, reengagement, and wraparound supports. 

Virginia Chronic Absenteeism: Chronic absenteeism in Virginia doubled after the pandemic, and schools needed a clearer, more accountable way to identify attendance challenges, support high need divisions, and measure progress.

The Butterfly Strategy: Some students were not fully disengaged, but they were missing school in a repeated weekly pattern that broad incentives did not solve. 

The Butterfly Strategy: Some students were not fully disengaged, but they were missing school in a repeated weekly pattern that broad incentives did not solve. 

The Butterfly Strategy: Some students were not fully disengaged, but they were missing school in a repeated weekly pattern that broad incentives did not solve.