Report: Calaveras County has highest elementary school truancy rate in California
By
September 30, 2013
Almost one in three elementary school children in
Calaveras County was truant during the last school year, giving the
county the highest rate in the state of truancy for that age group,
according to a California Attorney General report issued Monday.Truancy is defined as three or more unexcused absences or unexcused tardiness of 30 minutes or more in a school year.
San
Joaquin County also had truancy rates among the top 10 in the state,
with nearly 27 percent of elementary school pupils considered truant.
Yuba County had the lowest truancy rate in the state, with less than 5
percent of pupils considered truant.
The
truancy rate for Calaveras County's high school students is also high.
One campus, Calaveras High School in San Andreas, reported 57 percent of
its students truant during the 2011-12 school year, according to
California Department of Education data.
Calaveras
County school officials have been waging an “Every Day Counts” campaign
with radio ads and advertisements shown in the local movie theater to
seek to influence parents to get their children to school.
According
to the Attorney General's report, Calaveras County schools lost almost
$1.3 million in revenue due to truancy in the 2010-11 school year.
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