Crisis in California public schools with 30% absentees

If the organization you’re running suddenly finds itself with 30% of its nominal clients chronically no longer engaging with your services, you’ve got a problem.

An existential one, as even the non-philosophers among us now term an issue that could lead to your, well, non-existence.

And since California schools have a chronic absenteeism rate of 30% in the new post-COVID-19 environment, where are the alarm bells about our public education system’s ability to survive?

Because they clearly should be ringing in our ears.

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