I passed the teachers' parking lot at Peru Central this morning and while not full (school starts on Thursday) many teachers were attending training sessions or preparing their classrooms for their students in anticipation of the first day of attendance.
An article in the NYT this morning points to historically low attendance at schools across the country. According to stats compiled by various states, at least 10% of students qualify as chronically absent which means they were out of school at least a quarter of the time. Anecdotally, it doesn't seem our local schools have that much of a problem, at least at the elementary level.
The article goes on to say the Covid shutdown is the probable cause for much of the attendance crisis which is attributable to anxiety on the part of the kids. Personally, I think the premise is way overhyped.
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