Hundreds of St. Joseph households have signed agreements with prosecutors to stop allowing their children to stay home from school unexcused in exchange for avoiding criminal penalties.
The month of October produced slightly worse attendance data for the St. Joseph School District than what September saw, but numbers remain up over last year.
The rise in truancy rates across the country can be traced back to the COVID-19 pandemic, and some believe this could be part of the juvenile crime problem.
The St. Joseph School District said it has made some progress on tackling chronic poor attendance, but there’s still quite a bit of work to do before the goal might