Learn to Earn Dayton is once again collaborating with Dayton 6th to raise awareness about the significance of school attendance, emphasizing that consistent attendance is crucial for academic success.
Both UD Men's and Women's Basketball teams, along with students from DECA Middle will be highlighted in the campaign.
According to the most recent data from the Ohio Department of Education, 27 percent of students attending public school districts in Montgomery County are chronically absent.
The six most economically distressed districts in the area have a staggering 38 percent of their students chronically absent. That number is an average for kids from kindergarten through 12th grade.
When students miss school, they not only have significant learning setbacks, but they can also miss out on things like meals, counseling, and socialization.
“Chronic absenteeism starts a domino effect for students,” said Stacy Schweikhart, CEO of Learn to Earn Dayton.
Studies that show young students who are chronically absent are 65 percent less likely to meet the Third Grade Reading Guarantee and that “by end of sixth grade, you can predict, based on absenteeism, whether a student will graduate from high school.”
Chronically absent students are 89 percent less likely to graduate on time.
Learn to Earn Dayton is committed to helping improve student outcomes for all students in Montgomery County so that ultimately we have a workforce with the credentials and college degrees to earn a living wage.
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