Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:49:02 PM
Must be because we aren't spending enough money on education in this country!
From
The Washington Times:
About 20 percent of students enrolled in D.C. public schools were absent on the second day of class this week, according to attendance records provided by school system officials.
Many students who had enrolled were not present because they had not registered for classes, Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said last night. It was not clear yesterday how much of the attendance problem was due to students who had not registered on time and how much was due to students who didn't show up for other reasons.
"I think we can improve attendance overall," Mrs. Rhee said. "Attendance is something we can definitely work on."
Well, I'm glad Mrs. Rhee is confident they can improve attendance. I'm even more heartened by the fact she feels attendance is something they should work on.
Records show that about 10,000 of the 51,000 students enrolled Tuesday at 141 schools did not report to classes. Mafara Hobson, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Rhee, said Tuesday's preliminary enrollment number was 50,542, but only 40,821 of those students reported to school.
Maybe they should just
pay the kids to go to school.
Throwing more money at the problem; that always works right?