It was their moment. It was private. It allowed them to grieve. . . . It was so valuable.

We want to monitor concerns (to see) whether the problem is getting larger. We want to track exactly what's going on.

It's too late when you're reactive. You're already losing kids.

Our procedure is if a student misses school, they're just counted absent. There have been no comments or big rush or threats of students saying they're going to leave.

First thing we wanted to do is get all the residents on the west side registered. There are so many new residents out there.

They did it all last week and part of this week to strengthen the attendance policy. They had so many students coming in late.