
Virtual classes make hunt for missing students harder
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Rates of student absence from the classroom have nearly doubled during the pandemic, one survey found. School officials say the need for their help has increased, but contact with students is less.
And it's a challenge he takes personally, as the executive director of academic programs for Marietta City Schools in the suburbs of Atlanta. "When you can't find a kid, it's almost like you lost one of your own," he says.More Related News

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