“The kids are improving every year. We’re an A rated school. There are still children that do not come to school. We have a 90-92% attendance, that leaves 8-10% of students that are either coming late to school or are not coming at all. I’ve found as a guidance counselor the biggest issue is when the child isn’t coming to school. We just had the 100th day of school celebration and some of the kids have already missed 40 days. I call the parents and tell them their child won’t be able to get into a good Junior High. The good Junior Highs don’t want to take the kids with bad attendance, because if they’re not sitting in their seat, then they can’t teach them. I love my job, but I do worry at night, sometimes, because there are so many kids that are in really serious situations.”

-Public School Guidance Counselor