How to Prepare a SART Packet

Overview

The SART packet is the formal record presented at the School Attendance Review Team meeting. PSA 360 assembles it from existing case data — your job is to review and confirm.

Step-by-step

1. From the case → Prepare SART Packet.
2. Confirm participants (PSA, admin, counselor, parent, student).
3. Review the auto-generated attendance history.
4. Review the intervention timeline — flag any gaps.
5. Confirm parent contact attempts (including failures).
6. Add a brief PSA narrative (3–5 sentences).
7. Generate the meeting invitation in the family's preferred language.
8. Save → packet PDF is created and stored under Documents.

Example

For a 10th grader at 14% absence rate, the system pulls 11 prior interventions, 6 parent contacts, and 1 home visit. You add a 4-sentence narrative explaining the housing barrier and the prior plan to provide bus passes. The Spanish invitation generates in seconds.

Best practices

• Prepare packets at least 5 school days before the meeting.
• Always preview the parent invitation in the family's language.

Common mistakes

• Skipping the narrative — reviewers need context.
• Generating the packet but not sending the invitation.

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