Student Truancy! Schools Are “Outed” – Still! (Part 15)

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I recently came across another COVID-19 related article I simply could not ignore.  The article, which dealt with educators tackling truancy for online classes during COVID-19, immediately grabbed my attention.

Professionals at a particular school board were “…worried students learning online may be missing hundreds of hours of lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic.” They also said, “…many students registered for online learning are not engaging in their classes”, and “…they’re just sort of dropping off the face of the earth, so to speak…”  In fact, it was stated that “…the school division doesn’t know where they are.”

It should be obvious that this issue is not restricted to this particular school board.  It is largely a COVID-19 lockdown problem, but then again, was this another problem that existed all along and was simply under the cover of the school system?  A clue was provided when it was revealed that this school board hired four new social workers and intends to hire five more – for a total force of twenty – for the purpose of:
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