FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    K12: 2007-116
    JEANINE BLOMBERG
    Date:
    July 23, 2007
    Commissioner of Education
    The 13th School Attendance Symposium: Linking Attendance
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    to Positive Engagement
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    Summary:
    The Florida Department of Education, in co-sponsorship with the Florida Association of
    School Social Workers, is now accepting registration for the 13th School Attendance Symposium,
    scheduled for October 29-30, 2007, at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club in St. Petersburg,
    Florida. The School Attendance Symposium provides a statewide forum for sharing and promoting
    proven practices and evidence-based research strategies that positively impact school attendance and
    student achievement. The program agenda will also include information updates on state and federal
    requirements that impact school attendance policy and district implementation. To register, go to the
    conference Web site at http://sss.usf.edu/AttendanceSymposium/2007/index.html and follow the
    prompts. Registration deadline is Friday, September 14.
    Contacts:
    Gria Davison, 850.922.3727, gdavison@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
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    Florida Department of Education
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    Division of K-12 Public Schools
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    Bureau of
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    Exceptional Education and Student Services
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    CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
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    CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org
    13th School Attendance Symposium
    Linking Attendance to Positive Engagement
    October 29-30, 2007
    The Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services,
    the Student Support Services Project, and the Florida Association of School Social
    Workers are pleased to announce the Thirteenth School Attendance Symposium,
    scheduled for October 29-30, 2007, at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club in St.
    Petersburg, Florida.
    The School Attendance Symposium provides a statewide forum for sharing and
    promoting programs and practices that positively impact school attendance and student
    achievement. The program agenda also includes information updates on state and federal
    requirements that impact school attendance policy and district implementation. Please
    encourage participation of staff responsible for facilitating school attendance and student
    achievement activities through related prevention, intervention and enforcement
    programs in your district.
    Invitees include teachers, principals, parents and parent organizations, district
    administrators, academic intervention staff, dropout prevention personnel, school social
    workers, school counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, attendance workers,
    school resource officers, law enforcement personnel, children and family agency
    providers, safe and drug-free schools staff, juvenile judges, state attorneys, juvenile
    justice staff, juvenile court judges and other interested parties.
    To register and make hotel reservations, go to
    http://sss.usf.edu/AttendanceSymposium/2007/index.html and follow the prompts. The
    registration fee is $95 (online credit card transactions) or $105 (checks and purchase
    orders). The deadline to register is Friday, September 14, 2007. Symposium attendees are
    encouraged to make room reservations on or before September 14, 2007, to obtain the
    Attendance Symposium rate of $125.00 per night.
    Please direct questions pertaining to this information to Gria Davison, at
    gdavison@tempest.coedu.usf.edu or call 850.922.3727.

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