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District staff says chronic absenteeism fell but three schools remain over state threshold
Summary
District staff presented the state-required chronic-absenteeism report, saying a student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of days; staff named Ryerson (10.4%), Schuyler (12.1%) and GW (16%) as schools now requiring corrective-action plans.
District staff presented the Wayne Township Public School District’s annual report on chronic absenteeism and said the district has reduced the number of schools that exceed the state threshold.
"A student is considered chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of the school days that they are currently in," a district staff member said, adding that the Department of Education publishes school-performance reports on its website and updates those annually. The presenter said last year five schools exceeded the 10%…
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