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Student attendance is critical in order for a student to be provided the quality instruction and resources necessary to achieve success this school year and beyond. The following are seven facts about school attendance provided by the national organization, Attendance Works:
- Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.
- An estimated 5 million to 7.5 million US students miss nearly a month of school each year.
- Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in ten kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent. Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade.
- By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.
- Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school year, or about eighteen days of school, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month! Missing 10 percent of the school year would be considered a case of chronic absenteeism.
- The academic impact of missing that much school is the same whether the absences are excused or unexcused. Suspensions also add to lost time in the classroom.
- When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.
Jake Beschta
Associate Principal/Athletic Director
