Mr Salazar

Hello! My name is Mr. Salazar, and I am the Attendance Recovery Coordinator at Montague Charter Academy. I have been working in education for 30 years. I enjoy supporting our students and families, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to succeed by being present and ready to learn each day.

I look forward to working with our Montague families and helping make every school day count!

When I'm not at school, I enjoy my family and cooking. One of my favorite things about Montague are our students and the community we are in.

Attendance Recovery & Chronic Absenteeism Program

The Attendance Recovery was implemented as of July 1, 2025 for an opportunity to gain back a portion of lost funds based on students’ absences. As the A.R.C.A, I plan, organize, and facilitate Attendance Recovery Saturday school, monitor students’ attendance and chronic absenteeism, contact families regarding absences and how to recover these absences, schedule and lead SSPT’s for students with chronic absences, develop and create a future school bus route for student transportation to and from school. Afterschool, before school sessions with Think Together and LA's Best hours can be applied for Credit Recovery includes Summer School in July -August:

Assess data and trends related to student enrollment, attendance, behavior support, adjustment, academic achievement, and progress toward academic success and school improvement
Coordinates the Chronic Absenteeism transportation intervention effort for the school through HOP/SKIP/DRIVE
Monitor student attendance and academic progress to support early identification and intervention with at- risk students
Participates in and/or facilitates multidisciplinary intervention teams, including but not limited to the Student Support and Progress Team, School Attendance Review Team, Resource Panel, and School Attendance Review Board, to provide coordinated support and intervention
Conducts home visits, communicates with DCFS, and attends LACOE and State Training as needed
Presents Attendance Recovery Awards/ Attendance Recognition at Student of the Month Assemblies
Organize Attendance Recovery Sessions for Saturday School, Summer School, as well as the Spring and Fall Breaks

Recovery Program Guidelines

Attendance Recovery Saturday School

Each Saturday school day is four hours long

The AR program must maintain students-to-certificated employee ratios:

10:1 for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten

20:1 for grades 1-12

Students in AR engage in educational activities that:

Are substantially equivalent to regular instruction

Align content to grade-level standards

May include one-on-one or small group tutoring

A student can recover a maximum of 10 days per school year, or the total number of absences accrued, whichever is less

Grade/Setting Minimum Daily Minute Requirement

TK/Kindergarten 180 minutes

Grades 1-3 (230 minutes)

Grades 4-5 (240 minutes)