Short-term independent study and attendance recovery returned 86,263 student-days to the count this year. That recovered attendance is the margin that kept district ADA steady — 17,655.23 at P-2, essentially even with last year. The programs paid for themselves in attendance the district would otherwise have lost.
Through short-term independent study and attendance recovery, the district returned 86,263 student-days to the attendance count in 2025-26 — days that would otherwise have been lost from ADA.
P-2 ADA reads 17,655.23 this year, essentially even with last year's 17,654.89 — a change of just +0.35. That's the year-over-year read: P-2 against last year's P-2. The district held the line rather than posting a decline.
Within this year, cumulative ADA rose +68 from the P-1 report (17,586.97) to P-2 (17,655.23) — where last year it fell −363 over the same span. The within-year trend reversed.
Short-term independent study accounts for 81,269 of the recovered days — 94% of the total. It is by far the larger of the two recovery channels.
On top of independent study, the attendance-recovery program reclaimed another 4,994 student-days — 5.8% of the recovered total, every day a student brought back to the count.
Without short-term independent study and attendance recovery, the district would have posted an ADA decline. Instead it held steady — the programs paid for themselves in preserved attendance and funding. The 86,263 recovered days are the difference between a drop and a level count.
The exact, source figures for recovered days and P-2 ADA — with the ADA-equivalent shown as a preliminary estimate, pending the district's official P-2 instructional-day count. Prepared for the Val Verde Teachers Association.
Student-days returned to the count through short-term independent study and attendance recovery.
Average daily attendance at P-2. Preliminary — subject to revision.
Change from 2024-25 P-2 (17,654.89). Essentially flat — held steady.
Estimated ADA-equivalent of the recovered days. Preliminary — pending official P-2 day count.
The 86,263 recovered student-days, split by program. Short-term independent study carries the large majority; attendance recovery adds to it.
P-2 ADA, last year against this year. By design the two bars read as near-identical — the change is +0.35, essentially zero. The roughly 600 ADA of recovered days is what kept the count level rather than letting it slip.
A different cut than the year-over-year chart above. This one follows each year across its own checkpoints — P-1 (cumulative through about December) to P-2 (cumulative through about March). Last year the running average −363 over that span; this year it +68. Both years land at the same P-2.
P-1 and P-2 are cumulative apportionment checkpoints — year-to-date averages, not semesters. The within-year figure is P-2 minus P-1 for the same year. The 2025-26 figures are preliminary, subject to revision. The climb is consistent with the recovery work accruing through the year; it is not attributed to that work alone.