Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

[Commonground]

[This site lists every single school in the NYC Area and their respective daily attendance]

Citywide Attendance

Thursday, September 10, 2009 84.95%

http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/data/Attendance.htm

[prepdeb]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Nice find Commonground.
You can sort by the columns too.

[Commonground]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Does anyone know off hand what the cut-off percentage is for NYC schools?

[JimO]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

I'm not very familiar with school attendance percentages, but there seem to be a lot below 80% and one that I noticed that was 55%.

[Commonground]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Preventing Influenza in New York City?s Schools
Information for Parents, Teachers, and School Principals

Excerpt:

How will you handle school closures this school year?

The Department of Education and the Health Department have established an open school policy. This means that when the flu returns, we do not plan to close schools with high levels of flu activity. Instead, we will work with parents and other members of the school community to keep our schools open, while also taking steps to reduce the spread of influenza within schools.

You closed a lot of schools last spring. Why is this year different?

Schools don?t normally close on account of influenza. The Health Department recommended some temporary closures last spring because H1N1 was a new virus and its potential impact was unknown. Now that H1N1 is better understood, experts agree that conventional infection-control measures are more appropriate than school closure.

Will you ever close schools under any circumstances?

Not until we have employed other effective strategies to keep students safe. We will closely monitor influenza activity within schools. If 4% (at least 15) of a school?s students are sent home with fever with a cough or sore throat on a single day, a doctor or supervising nurse will visit the school to assess the situation. This health supervisor will work with the principal to educate parents about the need to keep children home when sick and will confirm that the school is practicing recommended infection control measures.
The health supervisor will also identify students and staff members who may be at risk of complications from influenza because they have other health conditions, and ensure that measures are in place to protect them. These measures would include reminding them to contact a medical provider to discuss the possibility of preventive treatment with antiviral drugs, and to seek treatment promptly if stricken with influenza-like illness. If these measures do not appear adequate to protect vulnerable students and staff, the Health Department may consider school closure as a last resort.

-snip-

http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/52393F17-8203-4E05-9609-035968B3CCC6/0/FAQdoc.pdf

[gsgs]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Sep.09: 79.84%
Sep.10: 84.95%
Sep.11: 87.31%
Sep.12: 86.65%





when I can no longer edit this, I may put updates here:

http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/viewtopic.php?p=1899

[Hogweed]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

New York didn't close schools in 1918 either. Almost everywhere else in the world did. The death rate in New York was lower than in other parts of the US in 1918 and that was attributed to keeping the schools open at the time. However the logic at the time was related to unsanitary home conditions.

[gsgs]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Sep.09: 79.84%
Sep.10: 84.95%
Sep.11: 87.31%
Sep.12: 86.65%
...
Oct.05: 90.40%




when I can no longer edit this, I may put updates here:
http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/viewtopic.php?p=1899

chart here: http://trancy.net/nyc-school-attendance/

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

NYC again posting lower numbers of attendance: 14% citywide absenteeism; but several schools show below 75%, while others are in the 90% range, the lowest being 46% (51 schools not reporting, which seems to be about average)

http://trancy.net/nyc-school-attendance/

[octane]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

11/11 is a holiday - some kids probably just wanted an extra day off

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

This is yesterday's attendance.

[Niko]

Re: Dept. of Edu. N.Y.C. Daily School Attendance Records

Nov. 10th overall attendance was 86.05% with 96.55% of schools reporting.