Chronic absenteeism at challenged schools: How will student attendance rates be impacted by coronavirus?
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
If students have an attendance rate less than 90%, or miss 20 days of school, they are considered chronically absent, according to the city Department of Education. (SILive.com/MLive.com/NJ.com)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Chronic absenteeism is a persistent challenge facing some North Shore schools, and with New York City students learning amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some are concerned that the absenteeism rate will increase as children who may lack key resources to learn remotely in many cases full-time.