AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — As school attendance rates continue to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, educators and community leaders across Western New York are working to address a growing concern: chronic absenteeism.
For students like Asia Collins, a junior at CPC Day School, getting to class isn’t always simple.
“Struggling with health issues, dealing with at home, thinking about the stress of coming to school, things that can trigger them… bullying… it could make it a struggle on the way to school,” Collins said…