By fall 2024, student attendance in #Fresno Unified School District had nearly rebounded from the surge in absenteeism triggered by pandemic-related school closures, Superintendent Carlos Castillo said.
But after #PresidentTrump was elected to a second term with promises to ramp up #deportations of undocumented immigrants, absences spiked again.
Across five school districts in California’s #CentralValley, student absenteeism rose by an average of 22% in January and February — the first two months of Trump’s new term — compared with the same period during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. The increase was most pronounced among elementary school students.
USA TODAY
By fall 2024, student attendance in #Fresno Unified School District had nearly rebounded from the surge in absenteeism triggered by pandemic-related school closures, Superintendent Carlos Castillo said.
But after #PresidentTrump was elected to a second term with promises to ramp up #deportations of undocumented immigrants, absences spiked again.
Across five school districts in California’s #CentralValley, student absenteeism rose by an average of 22% in January and February — the first two months of Trump’s new term — compared with the same period during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years. The increase was most pronounced among elementary school students.
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