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Trustees hear district warn of rising absences tied to immigration fears amid literacy rollout
Summary
Superintendent and staff told the board that community fear about immigration enforcement has driven daily absences of at least 800 students since mid-January, reducing instructional time at a moment when the district is implementing early-literacy interventions.
During the March 13 San Mateo-Foster City School District Board meeting, Superintendent Ooa and other staff raised a sustained attendance concern they tied to community anxiety about immigration enforcement.
The superintendent reported that between the middle of January and the meeting date the district had “a minimum of 800 kids absent from school” on many days, compared with pre-January absences that tended to be below 600 and roughly 95% overall attendance earlier in the year. Staff and…
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