San Diego Unified is seeing an enormous soar in continual absenteeism this yr, with some dad and mom blaming psychological well being for his or her college students lacking days, CBS8 reported.
Within the yr earlier than the pandemic, the variety of college students labeled as chronically absent, or lacking 10% or extra of college days, was at 12.4%. That quantity is now 36.7%.
San Diego Unified officers record illness, psychological well being, housing and meals insecurities, lack of transportation and inflation because the causes, and say the issue has gotten worse at colleges throughout the U.S.
Michael Lardon, a psychiatrist, is listening to some dad and mom are conserving youngsters residence for psychological well being days. He stated the most effective factor to do is search assist from knowledgeable or a college steerage counselor.
The district stated it’s working to search out options and methods to help households so college students can recurrently attend faculty, in keeping with CBS8.
