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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weirdly I just looked at this same numbers! You mention a few schools but I think all APS schools have higher rates since the pandemic. No idea why the pandemic would change that. I just googled it and it is a nation-wide phenomenon. This article says that some reasons are, poor student mental health, staffing shortages, transportation issues, and housing instability. But also the pandemic fractured relationships between schools and parents, and parents got used to the idea that school doesn't have to be in-person from 9-3 every day. Interesting stuff.

https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/missing-students-chronic-absenteeism/index.html[/quote]

My kids aren’t in those schools but another local district. We had the hardest time with our oldest last year.  Think of it like adults who didn’t want to go back to the office full time when they got used to working remotely- same thing.  There are lots of reasons for absenteeism and/or school refusal but one for older teens is that they don’t see the value of sitting there in a room all day when it’s all online.  We didn’t have this with our younger kids who wanted to go back.  Our oldest is happier this year, with a modified schedule where he can sleep in and then take some classes virtually.   He’s still completely his classes and we don’t have to deal with school refusal.   It took us a while to understand his point of view, but then again, DH works from home and can’t imagine going back to the office daily either.  [/quote]

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