See how this remote WA school is keeping children in class for longer with hot lunches and free entry to the local pool.
A remote Western Australian school which has battled some of the lowest attendance rates in the state is starting to see positive changes after introducing a series of initiatives over the past 12 months.
School attendance is a never-ending battle for staff at the Leonora District High School, 830 kilometres north-east of Perth. But under the leadership of principal Jennette Maxfield, the school has slowly been making inroads with initiatives such as free hot lunches and free entry to the local pool in summer when temperatures regularly rise above 40 degrees Celsius.
In some individual cases, student attendance has jumped from less than 50 per cent to more than 90 per cent. Mrs Maxfield said children who attended school less than 60 per cent of the time were considered at"severe risk".
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