Little Egg Harbor Schools Superintendent Lisa Antunes addressed chronic absenteeism among other subjects at the Dec. 7 meeting of the Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education.
“Both Frog Pond and Mitchell have a chronic absenteeism above 10%, which is why the board has that (dropping the rate) as a goal, and we are putting things in place to help to combat that. So chronic absenteeism is a community issue, and we need everyone to assist us in helping to overcome it,” Antunes said.
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