For the first time, September has been declared "School Attendance Month" in Scottsbluff after the Scottsbluff City Council and the Scottsbluff Board of Education passed motions to support efforts to keep students in school and engaged with learning. At their respective meetings held on August 30, 2021, the Scottsbluff City Council and the Scottsbluff Board of Education read a proclamation designating September 2021 as Student Attendance Month in Scottsbluff.

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"The purpose of proclaiming September as School attendance month is to raise awareness about this very important issue, encouraging all of our community to work together in helping our students attend school regularly,” said Jamie Batterman, School Climate Coordinator. The proclamation comes as SBPS launches Every Day Matters, a new attendance campaign aiming to raise awareness of the importance of student attendance and the correlation to academic success.