Associate Professor Sarah Lenhoff quoted in article about chronic absenteeism in Michigan schools
It's hard for kids to think about going back to school quite yet but districts in Michigan are already thinking about how to keep them coming to school once classes get started in the fall.
In Michigan, local school districts set their own policies to address nonattendance. The most recent figures, for the 2021-2022 school year, show 38% of Michigan students were "chronically absent," meaning they missed at least 10% of school days. In Detroit, the figure was 75%.
Sarah Lenhoff, director of the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity and Research Center at Wayne State University, said helping families get their kids to school is key.
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