Study explores how public school students are affected by being late

Attendance Advocacy reports that:

•3-in-4 Louisiana Parents Back Mental Health Sick Days for Kids, Finds Study.

•2/3 of parents feel it should be their decision (and not the school’s).

•8% believed feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork warrants a day off.

•showing study results.

Nationally, approximately 26 percent of public school students were classified as chronically absent during the last school year,…