The impact of missed school is being borne most heavily by the most vulnerable student groups. For Black students the chronic absence rate is nearly 57%. For Latinos, it is 49%. For homeless students it is 68%.
In December, Eva Garcia’s daughter, a high school junior, came in close contact with a COVID-19-positive family member, forcing her to quarantine.
Nearly half of Los Angeles Unified students — more than 200,000 children — have been chronically absent this school year, meaning they have missed at least 9% of the academic year, according to data provided to The Times by the district in response to a public records request. This more than twofold increase from pre-pandemic years reveals yet another hit to education with widespread learning disruptions even as campuses are open for in-person learning.
A statewide analysis in January prepared at the request of the California Department of Education showed that nearly 30% of students in a sample of districts representing more than 320,000 students were chronically absent this school year, compared to nearly 13% two years earlier. He incorporates independent work time in the classroom three or four times a week so students can learn at their own pace. He also leans on computer programs like, which uses learning games to allow students to solve puzzles to master math concepts at their level. Still, his students are having difficulties.
Hedy Chang, executive director of Attendance Works, a nonprofit that works to reduce chronic school absenteeism, said in recent years many districts across the country have worked to flag students for “severe” absence when they missed more thanSince COVID-19 arrived, so many students are missing large amounts of school that her group recently added an entirely new category of “extreme chronic absence” — for students who have been absent more than half the school year.
In a typical year, she said, it’s rare for students to be absent. Often her students have perfect attendance or there’s “one kid out here or there.”That has caused a lot of stress as she tries to keep up with her curriculum. For numerous reasons during the pandemic, she said, “it’s been really hard to make sure families feel that school is a healthy and safe place.”
As part of his efforts to understand the barriers keeping students from attending school, Carvalho recently asked for 30 chronically absent students to be assigned to him and each member of his senior staff. The administrators will be tasked with reaching out to families via phone calls or even home visits. Doing so will allow him and other district leaders to connect more with what’s happening at the school level, Carvalho said.
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