School officials work to reduce students’ chronic absenteeism


by www.dailycamera.com

www.dailycamera.com— Boulder Valley is updating its attendance practices and policies as the district tackles an increase in chronic absenteeism following the pandemic.

New York Post—Make parents pay for kids who miss school to curb chronic school absenteeism. In New York City, a stunning four in 10 students — some 353,000 — were chronically absent, for the last full school year (2021-22). The national figure is 22%.

WKBN.com—Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says. MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools. Authorities had previously said []

WDTN—Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says. MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools. Authorities had previously said []