‘Open your heart and home’ through student exchange program
Participating NW Services exchange students leap in the air during a 2013 camping trip in South Carolina. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A page of a photo book made by New Salem resident Jeanne Clayton when she hosted foreign exchange students Angie, from Ecuador, and Tong, from Thailand, who attended Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange during the 2019 to 2020 school year. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Foreign exchange students submitted hand-drawn designs for the NW Services’ annual Art Cover Design Contest. Angie’s design read featured a young woman sitting on suitcase as a plan flies around the globe behind her. It reads – “It’s not a trip or vacation, it’s a second life.” Contributed Photo/Jeanne Clayton
Through March of the 2020-2021 school year, 17% of Massachusetts students have been categorized as chronically absent meaning they missed 10 percent or more of their enrolled school days. (Getty Images)
New statewide school attendance data show the percentage of students deemed chronically absent was up so far this pandemic-disrupted school year, as compared to the last three academic years, with rates soaring among English learners, economically disadvantaged students, and students with disabilities.
https://www.wbur.org/edify/2021/05/01/boston-schools-see-4-3-enrollment-decline-this-yearSeventeen percent of Massachusetts students have been categorized as chronically absent meaning they missed 10% or more of their enrolled school days through March of the 2020-2021 school year, according to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education numbers updated Friday.
Chronic absenteeism rate for students spikes during pandemic Share Updated: 11:36 AM EDT May 5, 2021 By Katie Lannan/State House News Service File Photo SOURCE: File Photo Share Updated: 11:36 AM EDT May 5, 2021 By Katie Lannan/State House News Service New statewide school attendance data show the percentage of students deemed chronically absent was up so far this pandemic-disrupted school year, as compared to the last three academic years, with rates soaring among English learners, economically disadvantaged students, and students with disabilities.Seventeen percent of Massachusetts students have been categorized as chronically absent meaning they missed 10 percent or more of their enrolled school days through March of the 2020-2021 school year, according to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education numbers updated Friday.With a statewide enrollment total of 911,465 students, that figure work
Rates exceed 20% in several major cities
Published May 5, 2021
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New statewide school attendance data show the percentage of students deemed chronically absent was up so far this pandemic-disrupted school year, as compared to the last three academic years, with rates soaring among English learners, economically disadvantaged students, and students with disabilities.
Seventeen percent of Massachusetts students have been categorized as chronically absent meaning they missed 10 percent or more of their enrolled school days through March of the 2020-2021 school year, according to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education numbers updated Friday. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Greenfield, FRCOG to open one larger vaccination site; spoke clinics to close
Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives New Salem resident Lori Lunn a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange in February. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/7/2021 5:11:04 PM
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and its Cooperative Public Health Service have decided to close spoke COVID-19 vaccine clinics over the next few weeks and consolidate with Greenfield’s operations to open one larger clinic where all Franklin County residents can get vaccinated.