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Article: District's truancy numbers don't add up; Reported rates show more students than enrolled.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2005
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Byline: Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The D.C. public school system's truancy statistics do not accurately reflect its official account of the number of students in city schools.
Under federal No Child Left Behind Act requirements, the school system reported that it had 20,845 chronic truants and a 23.46 percent overall truancy rate last year.
If true, that would mean there were 88,853 students in D.C. schools last year. But the school system Web site (www.k12.dc.us/dcps/home.html) notes a total enrollment of 65,099 students. School system officials have not returned several calls seeking comment on the discrepancy.
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