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BRINGING ATTENDANCE HOMEE ngaging Parents in Preventing Chronic Absence June 8, 2015version Even though I went to college, I didn t know that missing 18 days or just two days a month even in kindergarten could put my son behind academically, said Olga Nunez, the mother of three children. As a result, my kid was missing kindergarten and it was because of me! Thankfully, Nunez learned the facts about chronic absence from classes at the Parent Institute for Quality Education and her son was able to catch up. Now that I know, I make sure that the two younger ones don t miss so many days. This can happen to anyone, and it s a message we have to deliver to parents. Every year, as many as million students nationwide are chronically absent, meaning they miss 10 percent or more of the school year for any reason, excused or unexcused. That level of absenteeism predicts poor academic performance as early as preschool and is a warning sign that a high school student will drop out.

4 WHY THIS TOOLKIT? Attendance Works is a national initiative aimed at advancing student success by reducing chronic absence, defined as the percentage of students missing 10 percent or more of the school year.

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