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One Arizona district has found a way to keep truant kids in school

Lily Altavena

December 19, 2018 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

In Baboquivari, a small Arizona district, schools are in the middle of a multi-year effort to reduce high chronic absenteeism rates. By sending volunteers to students' homes, offering rides to school, and providing laundry services, the district is hoping to eliminate the daily barriers many indigenous students face in making it to the classroom.

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