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My school improved attendance by showing up for families

I’ve spent nearly 25 years at César E. Chávez Elementary School in the Back of the Yards — first as a teacher, then a coach and now principal — in a school the district once rated Level 2, at the edge of probation, writes Barton Dassinger. We are now among the top-performing schools in Illinois. Our school was one of the few high-poverty schools statewide designated “exemplary” last school year. Here are several lessons I believe could guide efforts across Chicago.

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