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Board hears data showing chronic absenteeism rose after COVID, remains above pre-pandemic levels
Summary
District staff presented attendance and enrollment trends showing chronic absenteeism spiked after COVID and has declined but remains higher than pre-pandemic; staff flagged a strong link between absences and lower academic proficiency.
District data presented to the Barrow County Board of Education on June 24 showed sharp increases in chronic absenteeism after the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing concerns about its academic impact.
Dr. Thompson, Strategic Information Services director, told the board that prior to 2020 roughly 16% of students in the district were chronically absent; that rate rose to about 41'44% in the 2020'1 school year and has since declined but remains elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels. Dr. Thompson said the district uses the state'codified measure of chronic absenteeism: missing at least 10% of enrolled days.
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