Return to an elected school board. There's nobody you can go to if you have a problem, because the little rubber stamps have to do what they are told. So that creates a need for what used to be called a school board. The district also can address truancy and absenteeism by improving the school environment. Kids are masters of loopholes.
Schools can get around that by giving kids more incentives to hang around school.
Byrd-Bennett is bilingual, and, thus, is sensitive to the needs of those who speak English as a second language, she says. Keep focused in everything she needs to do at the district and school level. There is a lot of work still to be done. There is a lot of energy, and people they can tap into simply for the asking. I don't know if they're listening, but they are visible.