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In Poland and the Faroe Islands, the first day of spring (March 21) is an unofficial occasion popular among children, who traditionally are truant on that day. [25] In some American high schools, a "senior skip day" may be organized, often without the school's consent. The date for the skip day varies among different schools.
According to Fayette County, “any student who has been absent from school without valid excuse for three days or more, or tardy without valid excuse on three days or more, is considered truant.
A kindergartener and a first grader missed more than a dozen days of school in 2021, the court said
“Some people lost their purpose for being at school,” one school district official told lawmakers. Absences, truancy still rising in Kentucky schools after COVID pandemic; lawmakers concerned ...
For example, from 2014 to 2015, North Carolina had a wider gap in disparities than the national average in which Black students lost 158.3 days per 100 enrolled and white students lost 64.1 days. North Carolina, like many states, has local school districts with a higher percentage of Black staff and teachers than other districts. [32]
In the 2011–12 school year 36% of 9th grade students from Langley Park, who attended High Point, did not go to school for at least 20 days per school year compared to 29% district average for 9th graders and 10% district average for 7th and 8th graders; the Langley Park 7th and 8th graders truancy rate was the same as the district average.
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School refusal is a child-motivated refusal to attend school or difficulty remaining in class for the full day. [1] Child-motivated absenteeism occurs autonomously, by the volition of the child. This behavior is differentiated from non-child-motivated absences in which parents withdraw children from school or are unable to bring their children ...