1. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    2. BETTY COXE
    3. CHARLIE CRISTDEPUTY COMMISSIONER
    4. CommissionerEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
    5. M E M O R A N D U M
    6. Subject:TENTH ANNUAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SYMPOSIUM

 
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
BETTY COXE
 
CHARLIE CRIST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
 
Commissioner
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
 
 
 
CONTACT PERSONS
:
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Name:
 
  
Mary Jo Butler
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Gria Davison
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Phone:
  
(850)
488-6726
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
(
850) 922-3727
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Suncom:
278-6726
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
292-3727
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Email:
 
  
MaryJo.Butler@fldoe.org
 
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
Gdavison@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
DPS:
03-025
 
M E M O R A N D U M
 
To:
District School Superintendents
 
From:
Betty Coxe
 
Date:
  
September
3,
2002
 
Subject:
TENTH ANNUAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SYMPOSIUM
 
I am pleased to announce that the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Instructional
Support and Community Services, and the Florida Association of School Social Workers
(FASSW) are co-sponsoring the Tenth Annual School Attendance Symposium on
November 21-22, 2002, at The Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Symposium
collaborators are the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, The Florida Network, the
Florida Association of District School Superintendents, the Florida Partnership for Family
Involvement in Education, and the Florida PTA.
 
The School Attendance Symposium provides a statewide forum for promoting effective and
innovative intervention and retrieval programs that improve school attendance and
academic performance. The program will also include updates on policy and state law
related to school attendance to ensure that all interested parties have access to important
information regarding enforcement and compliance requirements. Emphasis will also be
placed on overcoming resistance to school attendance initiatives by identifying and
removing barriers to effective program implementation.
PLAZA LEVEL – 08, THE CAPITOL – TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0400 – (850) 413-0555 – FAX (850) 488-2869
http:/www.firn.edu/doe
An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer
 

District School Superintendents
September 3, 2002
Page Two
 
 
 
Last year’s audience of over 600 participants included school district administrators, school
principals, teachers, social workers, counselors, psychologists, school health providers,
health, dropout prevention program personnel, circuit court judges, parents, juvenile justice
personnel, and state attorneys. This audience represents the frontline professionals in
education, child and family services, the judiciary, law enforcement, health, and mental
health responsible for facilitating school attendance and student retention.
 
Please distribute the attached Registration Brochure and encourage participation of staff
members involved in attendance intervention, prevention, and enforcement activities in your
district.
 
Direct questions regarding the symposium to the office listed above. You may also obtain
the attached Registration Brochure online from the Student Support Services Project
website at http://sss.usf.edu/html/AttendanceSymposium/2002symp.htm.
 
BC:gdf
 
Attachments
 
cc:
Student Services Directors
ESE
Directors
School
Principals
 
School Social Work & Attendance Contacts
Dropout
Prevention
Coordinators
 
School Health Services Contacts
 
School Counselor Contacts
School
Psychology
Contacts
 
Safe & Drug Free Schools Contacts
 
Shared Services Network Contacts
 
Florida Association of School Social Workers
 
Florida Association of District School Superintendents
 
Florida School Counselors Association
 
Education of Homeless Children and Youth
 
Drug Free Communities (Grantees)
 
Department of Juvenile Justice
 
The Florida Network on Children and Families
 
School Resource Officers Association
 
Governor’s Mentoring Initiative
Court
Administrators
State
Attorneys
Public
Defenders
 
Juvenile Court Judges
 
Florida Partnership for Family Involvement
Florida
PTA
 
PLAZA LEVEL – 08, THE CAPITOL – TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0400 – (850) 413-0555 – FAX (850) 488-2869
http:/www.firn.edu/doe
An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer
 

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