Chronic absenteeism poses a problem, and the district sees a drop in enrollment of more than 400
By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina
December 15, 2020
| 10:24 p.m.
Elementary school students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District have experienced a 15% increase in reading test scores, but a drop of 8% in math test scores, according to data presented at Tuesday night's school board meeting.
Chronic absenteeism is also up at two schools, Cleveland Elementary and Harding University Partnership. At Harding, absenteeism jumped about 6% from the year prior.
At the junior high and high school levels, the number of students with three or more Ds or Fs has increased from the year prior.