CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – Data from the U.S. Department of Education is giving us a closer look at how many Horry County teachers are chronically absent from the classroom.
Teachers are considered chronically absent if they miss ten or more days of class time in one school year.
The Office for Civil Rights said absenteeism means the teacher “was not in attendance on a day in the regular school year when the teacher would otherwise be expected to be teaching students in an assigned class. This includes both days taken for sick leave and personal leave.”
News13’s Abbey O’Brien looked into what this data means and which schools had the highest amount of chronically absent teachers. You can watch her special report on Thursday, April 27 at 6 p.m.
