“Good morning Franklin Square family members,” Principal Terry Patton told her students. “Thank you for coming to school.”

Patton starts every morning at Franklin Square Elementary and Middle School by sharing what percentage of students showed up to school the day before. It’s part of a series of strategies she has developed over the past 14 years to increase the school’s attendance record.

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