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Report: Chronic absenteeism at DC public schools improves slightly, remains high – WTOP News
The number of D.C. public school students missing class has improved slightly in a new report, but still remains high.
The number of D.C. public school students missing class has improved slightly in a new report, but still remains high.
Chronic absenteeism dropped from 48% to 43% in the 2022 to 2023 school year in D.C. public schools, according to the attendance report by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
The report found that truancy fell from 42% to 37% during the same time.
The report comes at a time when there is an increased number of D.C. teachers leaving their jobs and fewer students repeating ninth grade despite reports of high chronic absenteeism.
OSSE noted that only 2% of all public school instruction in the District was remote during the 2022 to 2023 school year.
The report stated that high schoolers had the lowest attendance rate compared to elementary and middle school students.
It found that 60% of high school students were chronically absent, compared to less than 40% of students in lower grades
When it comes to chronic truancy, elementary grades showed 28% were chronically truant, compared to 60% of high school students.
Freshmen and seniors in high school had the highest level of absenteeism, according to the report. About 63% of students in ninth grade and 12th grade were chronically absent.
It also found that schools that had later start times had lower attendance rates.
For every 10 minutes later school started at local high schools, on average, the attendance rates were 2.5 percentage points lower, according to the report.
The likelihood of being chronically absent was 2.9 times as high for economically disadvantaged students as students without economic disadvantage, according to the report.
The Times gave a nod to the bò lá lốt served at Moon Rabbit by Kevin Tien, a Michelin Guide eatery located in the heart of D.C. According to its website, the restaurant serves an exclusive 4-course prix-fixe menu featuring seasonally-inspired, modern Vietnamese dishes.
“Chef and co-owner Kevin Tien serves (the bò lá lốt) with a dipping sauce of labneh crowned with lemongrass-chile crunch, a nod to his love for dolmas,” Brett Anderson writes for the Times. “A similar swirl of influences animates all of the food at Moon Rabbit.”
Anderson continues, “But this dish of juicy grilled beef wrapped in perilla leaves is one of the only items you can plan to find on the always-evolving menu.”
Other dishes on the Times’ list include the ham sandwich at Mike’s Famous Ham Place in Detroit and the foieberry at Lazy Betty in Atlanta.
The following are spoilers for the Friday, December 20 AEW Rampage Holiday Bash.
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Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis Family promo
Konosuke Takeshita & Brian Cage defeated Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis
Takeshita pinned Davis in a long match with good action, lots of hard hitting.
Lio Rush & Action Andretti defeated Miles Hawkins & Goldy
Quick squash featuring two local enhancement talent. After, Private Party entered. Top Flight then entered. Rush and Andretti argued with Top Flight at ringside as Private Party looked on from the ramp.
Willow Nightingale defeated Harley Cameron
Nightingale won with the sit-out powerbomb.
Cameron and Penelope Ford attacked Nightingale after the bell. Kris Statlander ran in for the save. They teased a reconciliation between Nightingale and Statlander. The crowd chanted “hug it out” but Statlander left the ring instead.
Continental Classic Gold League: Brody King defeated Komander
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It was one of those events that makes you remember where you were and who you were with. Snowpocalypse hit the D.C. area with a fury 15 years ago this week.
It was one of those events that you can recall where you were and who you were with. Fifteen years ago to the day, “Snowpocalypse” hit the Washington area with a fury.
One-and-a-half inches of snow fell on Dec. 18, 2009. The next day, another whopping 15 inches fell on D.C., paralyzing the city for days.
Relive the historic storm through photos:
(Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
(Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images
(Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
7News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Veronica Johnson isn’t predicting that much snow for this winter, though she said we can expect a little over 5 inches in the city with up to 15 inches in the northern and western suburbs. She said southern Maryland can expect a little over 2 inches.
So why do these massive snowfall totals seem to be a thing of the past for the D.C. area?
“It’s a warming climate for us,” Johnson said. “It’s hard to get the colder conditions that will produce snowfall.”
Two months later, another record 3 feet of snow blanketed the D.C. region in 2010, putting flights out of the city at a standstill and leading to snowball fights outside of the Capitol Building. The snowfall was nicknamed “Snowmageddon.”
The mammoth snowstorms during the winter of 2009-2010 led to the region’s snowiest winter of all time. The 2009-2010 winter will be long remembered for its relentless snowstorms that led to a record seasonal snowfall at Reagan National and Dulles International airports.
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