# Analyzing School Non-Attendance Data: Where Do We Go From Here? with Dr. Dennis Lefevre

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Podcast: [Inclusive Education Project (IEP) Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inclusive-education-project-iep-podcast-903577)
Published: 2026-03-31T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://iepcalifornia.org/blog/
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We are back with the second part of our conversation with Dr. Dennis. Our previous episode covered the escalating attendance crisis and how we can address it with new evaluations and data-collection tools. We are excited to dive deeper into this important subject through Dr. Dennis’ expertise and passion. Join us! Dr. Dennis Lefevre recently served as the Executive Director of Student Support Services in a small, high-performing school district in southern CA. Before that role, he worked in various capacities in public, non-public, and private school settings with thousands of preschool, elementary, and secondary students. He had a front-row seat to the unfolding attendance crisis and became increasingly frustrated with the lack of ownership among schools, homes, and communities. He is now piloting a new kind of evaluation that is an intensive data collection process designed to lower the threshold enough to get students back on campus. As an educational psychologist in private practice, Dr. Dennis start…

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