Kansas City Public Schools is working hard to track down absent students
One Kansas City middle school says 25 to 30 students typically stop going to school in an academic year Share Updated: 7:09 PM CDT May 4, 2021
Kansas City Public Schools is working hard to track down absent students
One Kansas City middle school says 25 to 30 students typically stop going to school in an academic year Share Updated: 7:09 PM CDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript ARE WORKING HARDER THAN EVER TO TRACK DOWN THE ONES WHO DON’T SHOW UP FOR CLASS. ELIZABETH STANFORD IS PART OF A TEAM OF PEOPLE TRYING TO KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL BY GOING TO THEIR HOMES. THE KID THEY ARE TALKING TO IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE BECAME WITHDRAWN AND DEPRESSED AFTER SEEING CRIME IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD AND STOPPED GOING TO CLASS. STANFORD’S JOB, FIND OUT WHY A STUDENT ISN’T GOING TO SCHOOL AND SEE HOW THE
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