by Dana McCoy
The baton attendance award is awarded to the school with the least tardiness. Kyndra Johnson is the district truancy officer as well as the district social worker. The attendance initiative started as a Tardiness Campaign in November of 2019. Supervisor, Dr. Jacqueline Inabinette and Ms. Johnson did some brainstorming on ways they could assist with improving student attendance.
During the Tardiness Campaign, they asked all schools to participate by using creative ways to take time and promote the importance of arriving at school on time, every day. This was done by the schools posting flyers on their websites, social media platforms, school marquees/morning afternoon announcements, and creating mini videos.