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Meet our dedicated team of innovators, educators, managers, consultants, designers, and school site specialists. We invite you to learn more about our products and services, our history and mission, and our proudest accomplishment of all: our people. Most of the dreamers, architects and builders of this success story have been with SI&A since inception.

We are a collaborative corps of hard-working, straight talking, and service-driven individuals. We believe in education. We can help you, your students and their families achieve great things.

We were founded in 2003, and have grown from our origins as the back-office facilitator for most of California’s school districts and county offices of education, into the creator of unparalleled products, most notably The Achievement Initiative, powered by Attention2Attendance® (A2A), a software solution that decreases school absenteeism by as much as 25 percent – and works 100 percent of the time.

Before expanding outside of California, we started as a compliance company dealing with the complex and constantly changing climate of state regulations, economic recession, school funding priorities and politically shifting paradigms.

Today our signature product – The Achievement Initiative – has created a new standard. The Achievement Initiative will improve your attendance numbers, bottom line and, most important, your students’ lives.

Welcome to our website.

Meet our dedicated team of innovators, educators, managers, consultants, designers, and school site specialists. We invite you to learn more about our products and services, our history and mission, and our proudest accomplishment of all: our people. Most of the dreamers, architects and builders of this success story have been with SI&A since inception.

We are a collaborative corps of hard-working, straight talking, and service-driven individuals. We believe in education. We can help you, your students and their families achieve great things.

We were founded in 2003, and have grown from our origins as the back-office facilitator for most of California’s school districts and county offices of education, into the creator of unparalleled products, most notably The Achievement Initiative, powered by Attention2Attendance® (A2A), a software solution that decreases school absenteeism by as much as 25 percent – and works 100 percent of the time.

Before expanding outside of California, we started as a compliance company dealing with the complex and constantly changing climate of state regulations, economic recession, school funding priorities and politically shifting paradigms.

Today our signature product – The Achievement Initiative – has created a new standard. The Achievement Initiative will improve your attendance numbers, bottom line and, most important, your students’ lives.

Welcome to our website.

Meet our dedicated team of innovators, educators, managers, consultants, designers, and school site specialists. We invite you to learn more about our products and services, our history and mission, and our proudest accomplishment of all: our people. Most of the dreamers, architects and builders of this success story have been with SI&A since inception.

We are a collaborative corps of hard-working, straight talking, and service-driven individuals. We believe in education. We can help you, your students and their families achieve great things.

We were founded in 2003, and have grown from our origins as the back-office facilitator for most of California’s school districts and county offices of education, into the creator of unparalleled products, most notably The Achievement Initiative, powered by Attention2Attendance® (A2A), a software solution that decreases school absenteeism by as much as 25 percent – and works 100 percent of the time.

Before expanding outside of California, we started as a compliance company dealing with the complex and constantly changing climate of state regulations, economic recession, school funding priorities and politically shifting paradigms.

Today our signature product – The Achievement Initiative – has created a new standard. The Achievement Initiative will improve your attendance numbers, bottom line and, most important, your students’ lives.

Erica Peterson
- May 27, 2021

Avoid the one-time money trap

In California, the culmination of higher-than-expected annual revenues and significant federal funding has created a historic investment in education. Governor Newsom’s 2021-22 state budget revision provides a record-level of public school funding at $93.7 billion, nearly $14,000 per pupil through Proposition 98. Additionally, it proposes one-time funds to K-14 for $8.1 billion based on a district’s ADA. This funding will be released in the 2022-23 school year.

Golfer hitting the ball out of a sand trap.

Too often I hear of districts investing one-time monies into ongoing costs like hiring for a new position, however, once the initial investment is gone, the position becomes an unfunded liability. That’s a lot like thinking you’ve hit a golf ball straight up to the green, but it actually landed in the sand.

If I have one piece of financial advice for districts this year, it’s this: Avoid the one-time money trap, invest in recurring revenue streams.

Success in the year ahead requires doubling down on evidence-based attendance interventions that will out-last this temporary influx of funds. Attendance improvement is the only investment that can generate an exponential return, both in academic outcomes and revenue.

Share your thoughts or let me know if you'd like some pointers for hitting out of the sand trap at AskErica@sia-us.com.

Addressing Chronic Absenteeism Requires An “All Hands On Deck” Approach

Addressing Chronic Absenteeism Requires An “All Hands On Deck” Approach

SchoolStatus’ Attendance Solutions Demonstrate Positive Impact Across the U.S.

SchoolStatus’ Attendance Solutions Demonstrate Positive Impact Across the U.S.

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Erica's Important Message for Addressing Absenteeism on Scripps News

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