Mayor
Limiting plea agreements, increasing consequences: How DC’s mayor wants to handle absenteeism
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled a plan to address truancy and absenteeism and put in place more serious consequences for middle schoolers caught with drugs or guns on school grounds. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled a plan to address truancy and absenteeism and put in place more serious consequences for middle schoolers caught […]
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Boston students with history of chronic absenteeism get visits from mayor, superintendent
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and school leaders are using a creative approach to address chronic absenteeism in the school district ahead of Thursday’s first day of school for Boston Public Schools students.Officials joined representatives from the district’s Re-Engagement Center to knock doors on to encourage students with a history of chronic absenteeism to return to […]
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