{"id":"dat-tch-chronic-absence-flags","audience":"teachers","category":"data","technique":"context","title":"Flag chronic absence using your district's rule","free":false,"task":"Your district flags chronic absence at 10% or more of school days missed, and school-sponsored trips don't count as absences. There have been 50 school days. Write exactly 6 numbered lines, one per student, each as Name: absences ÷ 50 = X%, then FLAG or OK. Plain text, under 90 words, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Attendance export (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ATTENDANCE - Homeroom 7B, Aug 20 to Oct 31 (50 school days)\n\nStudent | Absences | Tardies\nAva Brooks | 3 | 1\nBen Carter | 6 | 0\nCole Diaz | 5 | 4\nDina Evans | 6 | 2\nEli Foster | 4 | 0\nFay Gomez | 9 | 1\n\nOffice notes:\n- Dina: 2 of her 6 absences were the district honor band trip (Oct 9-10).\n- Cole's mom emailed about his tardies. Bus route changed in September.\n- Fay had a family emergency in early October (counselor is aware).\n- Picture retakes are Nov 14.\n- Chronic absence flags go to the attendance team every Friday.\n- Parents of flagged students get a letter and a phone call.\n- Homeroom attendance is taken at 8:05.\n- The district changed attendance software over the summer.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the district rule","why":"The AI guesses a cutoff, or uses 'over 10%' and misses Cole.","fix":"Add: \"Flag at 10% or more of 50 days.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Counting the band trip","why":"The AI doesn't know school trips aren't absences, so Dina gets flagged.","fix":"Add: \"School-sponsored trips don't count. Dina has 4 absences.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not showing the division","why":"Bare labels are hard to defend to a parent or counselor.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Ava Brooks: 3 ÷ 50 = 6% OK\"","checks":["r2","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a counselor referral form.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the cutoff","patterns":["10\\s*%","or more","at least"]},{"label":"Handles the trip","patterns":["trip","band","school-sponsored"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know your district's cutoff or how trips count. Tell it both, and ask for the division on every line.","rubricLabels":["Cole is flagged at exactly 10% (5 ÷ 50), since the rule is 10% or more","Dina is OK at 4 ÷ 50 = 8% after removing the 2 band trip days","Ben (12%) and Fay (18%) are flagged, Ava (6%) and Eli (8%) are OK, each line shows ÷ 50, and there is no intro"]}