By Jay Speck, Solano County Superintendent of Schools
Special to Patch
As we approach the second half of the school year, some students are already heading toward academic trouble – they have missed too many days of school. Chronic absences often hinder academic performance at each subsequent grade level; yet close to 7.5 million students across our nation miss nearly a month of school every year.
via Op-Ed: Missing School Hurts Students, Must be Addressed by Community.