Boston 25 News: ‘Getting kids to want to be here’ – Salem schools cut down chronic absenteeism
Posted on: September 3, 2024
By Ray Villeda and Bob Dumas
SALEM, Mass. — As students head back to school, educators want to make sure kids are literally back to school.
Chronic absenteeism is a problem many districts have been grappling with even before the pandemic.
In Salem, educators are going to expand a successful pilot program which reduced chronic absenteeism among middle schoolers.
