COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — For years, Dior Maree’s seat at school was often empty.
“I was probably the definition of that,” Maree said. “I was missing like months and months and months of school.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is now pushing to reduce chronic absenteeism statewide, calling for the number of students who miss 10% or more of school to be cut in half within the next three years. The effort follows last year’s average of chronic absenteeism hitting 25% statewide…