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Studies consistently link student attendance to academic performance.
The Ossining district had a single chronically absent student in 2018-19, for a rate of .02%, but saw 551 students miss at least 10% of instructional days in 2022-23, for a rate of 12.1%.
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Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.
An at-risk student is a term used in the United States to describe a student who requires temporary or ongoing intervention in order to succeed academically. [1] At risk students, sometimes referred to as at-risk youth or at-promise youth, [2] are also adolescents who are less likely to transition successfully into adulthood and achieve economic self-sufficiency. [3]
Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation without good reason. Generally, absenteeism refers to unplanned absences. [1] Absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer.
Sickle cell disease symptoms can include severe anemia, and infection, and debilitating pain, according to pediatric physician Matthew Heeney.
Due to COVID-19, many students had problems with staying focused and lost their sense of routine. Many researchers believe this is not due to the school closures, but to "brain fog" caused by the disease itself. [69] [70] [71] Engagement and focus are vital to the learning process, and some students feel they focus better in in-person classes. [72]