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[quote=Anonymous]It’s literally everything. Read this article (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/29/us/chronic-absences.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.kE0.PAJj.Yob7DQh-cwSR&smid=url-share

-Covid related closures made people from all ends of the economic spectrum feel like school was not a priority, so people are taking more time to travel/vacation during the school year.

- people are staying home more when sick

- student behavior is worse in school, and the kids who aren’t poorly behaved don’t want to go to school and put up with it

- kids got behind during Covid, are still behind, they have anxiety due to being behind and they have some degree of school refusal due to their anxiety

- working class and poor kids who are reliant on the bus can’t get to school if they miss their bus, or they need to stay home to watch a younger relative who also missed school

- not noted in the article but I know travel sports have ramped up and now have events on Fridays that kids miss school for [/quote]

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