Last Day of School in N.Y.C.; They Do Take Attendance - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 28 Jun 11In the past, administrators often looked the other way when students skipped out a few days short of the year's final dismissal. Some still do. But these days, with numbers holding so much power over the fates of schools and their leaders, some principals are counting heads. They know that empty seats, even in the waning days of the school year, can lower their average attendance rates and shave points off their annual progress reports issued by the city.