Nearly half of L.A. students were chronically absent last year. Educators say they must bring children back to class.
In another pandemic school year, parents hope their children progress in academics, mental health and development. Many remain concerned amid more relaxed COVID measures.When the state releases its standardized testing data from last year, the district will “see significant loss in terms of performance in reading and mathematics,” Carvalho said.
L.A. Unified Supt. Alberto Carvalho visits student Anderson Amaya, 13, at South Gate Park in South Gate on Friday.— perhaps even more — are not enrolled in school or have simply stopped attending altogether.On Friday, almost every parent of a chronically absent student saidkept their children home for prolonged periods. One mother said her car stopped working, so she struggled to take her small children to their different schools.
His attendance improved toward the end of the school year, when an attendance counselor took him under her wing, encouraging him while also tracking his daily whereabouts. It isn’t that Cloud, who uses they/them pronouns, didn’t want to go to school. Often, they would tell Mejia to wake them up in the morning so they could go the next day. But then morning anxiety would hit.“I wish that it would be more welcoming,” Cloud said.
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