An Associated Press study shows chronic absenteeism is worse in Alabama than any other state, and Ozark City Schools are working to turn that trend around.
Chronic absenteeism has climbed from six percent to 20% since the pandemic. Now students are using a camera to buck that trend.study shows chronic absenteeism is worse in Alabama than any other state, and Ozark City Schools are working to turn that trend around.
Chronic absenteeism has climbed from six percent to 20% since the pandemic. Now students are using a camera to buck that trend.“The kids are not in school, and they cannot get educated,” Superintendent Reevice Girtman said. “Knowledge is power.”“Our students at Carroll High School did a very cool thing,” Girtman said.“And they, in a matter of a couple of days, put together a video where they reached out to all the different people,” Girtman said.
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