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TUSD Absentee Crisis Deepens | Tucson News
Tucson Unified School District is facing a crisis: nearly half its students—18,000 kids—are chronically absent, missing 10% of the school year, and the problem’s worsening while other districts recover. Absenteeism has spiked 10% in a year, dragging TUSD behind Arizona’s top districts. Teachers struggle to catch kids up, and chronic absence is fueling a culture where skipping feels normal—linked to lower test scores, literacy gaps, and soaring teacher turnover. Students who show up daily feel demoralized, seeing others get similar grades. Board member Val Romero calls out resistance to…
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