In Oakland, California, chronic absenteeism in public schools sharply rose from 29 percent before the pandemic to 53 percent during the 2022-23 school year.
Following the pandemic, " chronic absenteeism reached levels never before seen in this community, " Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told reporters in February.
Los Angeles schools superintendent Carvalho told the Philadelphia Inquirer in May that the district had seen a 32 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism.