Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Note: Figures include charter schools. The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Graphic by Zoe Morgan of Embarcadero Media.
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