Latest News, WVPA Sharing

West Virginia Department of Education to tackle student absenteeism

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — The superintendent of West Virginia schools has a message for parents: make sure your students are in school.

Superintendent Steven Paine Thursday morning delivered a report on chronic absenteeism in West Virginia public schools during a regular meeting of the state Board of Education.

“We discovered that school attendance emerged as a real problem,” Paine said, referring to the new Balanced Scorecard report released on Sept. 13.

Read the entire article

See more from The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Comments are closed.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

And get our latest content in your inbox

Invalid email address