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Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent

Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent

Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent

Teachers around the U.S. are confronting classrooms where as many as half of students are absent

Pre-K student enrollment drops during COVID-19 pandemic Share: HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Some of the littlest learners are missing from classrooms across the Houston area as districts see drastic drops in enrollment numbers. "It's obviously a direct result of the pandemic," said Ibrahim Firat, chief educational consultant at Firat Education. "Let's face it, we are talking about 2 to 5-year-olds whose attention spans are relatively short." Spring Branch ISD officials report their pre-K enrollment in Sept. 2019 at 2,004 students and in Sept. 2020 at 1,281. The district's current enrollment is 1,...