The Attendance Task Force is a short-term project convened to identify opportunities for community partners to contribute in meaningful ways to address the systemic barriers that prevent students from being present at school. This project will identify barriers to regular school attendance (such as transportation, housing, job relocation, health and competing family needs) before proposing recommendations that leverage existing resources, planned events and community resources.
Kathryn Addison, MNPS - Family Engagement Specialist
Alan Calhoun, Juvenile Court Metropolitan Nashville- Metro Student Attendance Center
Kawema Orita, Communities In Schools
Katrinna Collins, Metro Nashville Public Schools - special populations
Marvin Cox, Metro Action Commission
Marcel Hernandez, Be About Change
Catherine Knowles, Metro Nashville Public Schools - HERO
Viva Price, Youth Encouragement Services
Beth Schroeder, MNPS - Coordinator, School Counseling Services
Makeda Watson, MNPS Community Achieves
Lyn Ratliff, MNPS - Attendance
Tremeta Norman, MNPS - Family Engagement Specialist (high schools)
Carol Lampkin Brown, MNPS - Attendance
Megan Trcka, MNPS-Office of English Language Learners
DaVonne Jinks, MSAC
