With thousands of children in Newfoundland and Labrador missing class in “staggering” amounts each year, the province’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has released a new report examining the issue, one that calls for collective action from government departments, schools and communities.
Chronic Absenteeism: When Children Disappear, released Thursday, shines a spotlight on what it terms “a quiet problem”: many students are missing 10 per cent or more of the school year, and the province is currently not effectively addressing the problem.
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