Olathe Public Schools is seeing a rise in chronic absenteeism among students, school district officials and staff warn. “We know one of the things that leads to success is kids being in school,” Superintendent Brent Yeager said in early September at a school board meeting when discussing the issue. On Monday, the topic was the primary focus of the Olathe school district’s fall Site Council meeting. Hundreds of parents and guardians from site councils from across the school system gathered for the meeting at Olathe South High School. After a presentation about chronic absenteeism, the attendees then divided up into breakout discussions related to the topic but with specific focuses on age groups, barriers to attendance and potential community solutions. Source: Johnson County Post
