by Geoff Fox
Morgan County Schools saw a 19.84% chronic absence through the third nine weeks of the school year with four schools seeing percentages over 20%.
That districtwide percentage is down compared to previous three years, with the 2022-2023 school year having had the highest chronic absenteeism for the third nine-weeks at 30.41%.
School officials use the 2022-23 school year as the start of the data is because it is minus any COVID restrictions,…
