Years after COVID-19 disrupted American schools, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance.
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Rice Intermediate School Principal Nicholas Ferro walks to the main building on campus Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. Rice Intermediate School Principal Nicholas Ferro walks to a classroom at Rice Intermediate School Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. Attendance Clerk Katrice Grant looks to help a student get out a a car as he is dropped off at school, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Algodones Elementary School in Algodones, N.M.
Social worker Mary Schmauss, rear right, greets students as they arrive for school, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Algodones Elementary School in Algodones, N.M. A teacher and a truancy officer also reached out to Tommy's family to address his attendance. He was one of many. Across the San Carlos Unified School District, 76% of students were chronically absent during the 2022-2023 school year, meaning they missed 10% or more of the school year.This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues..
Nearly 100% of students in the district are Native and more than half of families have incomes below the federal poverty level. Many students come from homes that deal with alcoholism and drug abuse, Superintendent Deborah Dennison said. “All these connections with the community and the tribe are what’s making a difference for us and making the school a system that fits them rather than something that has been forced upon them, like it has been for over a century of education in Indian Country,” said Dennison, a member of the Navajo Nation.
“There’s illness. There’s trauma,” Montoya said. “A lot of our grandparents are the ones raising the children so that the parents can be working.” “It was sad to see with my own eyes,” said Tenorio, a single parent and administrative assistant who has used the school's food bank. “In Algodones, I saw a big difference to where the teachers were really there for the students, and for all the kids, to help them learn.”
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