At Leesburg High School in Lake County, about three-quarters of the students are economically disadvantaged and chronic absenteeism jumped from just over one-third in 2018-19 to almost 60% last year.

WESH 2 News did research on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the number of students being counted as truant in Central Florida. Here's what we found.

A public school district in Florida said it will no longer provide excused absences to students who are kept at home during increases in COVID-19 cases but said parents should still keep children ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Pasco County School District in Florida is introducing a new approach to the school calendar in the 2024-25 school year to combat chronic absenteeism. The new ...

Florida school district adding 4-day weekends to combat chronic absences by: Sara Filips Posted: Dec 9, 2023 / 04:12 PM EST Updated: Dec 9, 2023 / 04:12 PM EST ...

The rise in absenteeism is a side effect from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Thomas Kane, Faculty Director of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.