Wicomico officials support Attendance Awareness Month

school year — educators are urging parents to keep their attendance up. september — is attendance awareness month. some research finds if children miss more than ten percent of the school year — or about eighteen days — it could negatively affect their academic performance. but — it could hurt teachers — as they’ll spend time catching that student up. one local educator tells 47 a-b-c — parents should try to avoid taking their kids out of class — even if it’s excused. we want to stress to parents…try to get doctors’ appointments later in the afternoon or days off. even though it’s excused, they’re still missing critical work in the school system attendance-works-d ot-org reports — low income students are four times more likely to be chronically absent. reasons — can be out of their control — such as unstable housing or unreliable transportation. school officials say if this a concern –ts best to contact them and find a way to work through the situation together. a milford man has been taken into custody and faces