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We are seeing a really high chronic absenteeism rate prek and kindergarten. If i were doing this i would say lets start looking at kindergartners at least, those families are reaching out to them. Those are going to be the same kids in fourth and fifth grade are not going to school. I know the Early Department is doing work around prek but im not familiar with it. And kindergarten that is one of the strategies that we are trying to adopt a more preventative strategy. If you reach families, early before they are chronically absent than we have an opportunity to have them not become chronically ...

Connection of regional and national significance. Its good to see the goals to have a focus on a realistic funding plan as well as looking at this project in the context of, you know, what this fits into from a regional, megaregional and state level . And as such, looking forward to that being done in an updated manner. Caltrain the board just approved a Service Vision increasing ridership up to 250,000 people. The region is looking at a second trans bay crossing. How are those pieces going to fit together . One of the things i think were challenged with as a region, theres an interim instruct...

Doing work around prek but im not familiar with it. And kindergarten that is one of the strategies that we are trying to adopt a more preventative strategy. If you reach families, early before they are chronically absent than we have an opportunity to have them not become chronically absent as we build that muscle for school attendance. Those are some of the things were looking at the sharon partnering with rpa and looking at the six week periods of are we impacting that and kindergarten is one of the areas we are really wanting to focus more on prevention as you know that is a pretty high are...

Forward to moving this project is head expeditiously, and well comment further, and i appreciate your commitment to this. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Strauss. Seeing no other couple pom on this seeing no other Public Comment on this, ill close Public Comment. Chair peskin i think that its pennywise, pound foolish. With that, mr. Fisher, maybe you can respond to a little bit of what youve heard and address the difference between the status quo and the recommendations around reform. Thanks, mr. Chairman. And really, i just wanted to address a couple comments that we heard on drnthat t...

If you reach families, early before they are chronically absent than we have an opportunity to have them not become chronically absent as we build that muscle for school attendance. Those are some of the things were looking at the sharon partnering with rpa and looking at the six week periods of are we impacting that and kindergarten is one of the areas we are really wanting to focus more on prevention as you know that is a pretty high area, chronic absenteeism. I was smiling not because we have a survey but because we are starting to ask those questions. All of the schools in every cohort has...