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River Frey’s dad died his freshman year in high school, sending him into depression. He went to live with his mom, who descended into dementia while he was in the 10th grade. As he moved around, school did not top his agenda. “I didn’t do school work. I was getting into trouble,” Frey said. “I wasn’t going to school at all.” For his junior year, he entered Pasco County’s Anclote High School ...

Public schools are resorting to paying door knockers to go to the homes of chronically absent students as more schools struggle with filling the classroom.

Concentric Educational Solutions is working with Baltimore schools to resolve barriers that keep kids from getting to school.