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What’s the problem?

What’s the problem?

“Chronically absent” sounds like a terrible problem, and it is. What makes it worse: your child could be chronically absent, and you don’t even realize it.

That’s because it only takes one or two absences a month to become chronically absent, and enter the danger zone where:

  • children are less likely to learn to read by 3rd grade
  • students are less likely to keep up with their friends
  • students are less likely to graduate on time

But with less than five absences each school year,

  • children are more likely to learn to read by 3rd grade
  • students are more likely to keep up with their friends
  • students are more likely to graduate on time

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