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  1. "As a result, Dunbabin said they're seeing some children come to school on lunch days and not on other days."

    #JohnGerritsen, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/544587

    I wonder how much Rimmer is spending on truancy officers to in his attempts to increase school attendance? Maybe that money would be better spent on providing school lunches that students actually want to eat?

    #SchoolLunches #truancy

  2. CW: NZPol Truancy

    "“Schools and attendance services are not well set up to enforce attendance,” the report explained.

    “Just over half of school leaders (54%) and just over three in five attendance service staff (62%) do not think there are good options to enforce attendance and hold people accountable. Schools that have tried to prosecute have found the process complex and costly.”
    --
    Seymour: "Let's fine already impoverished parents."

    #NZPol #ERO #Truancy #SchoolAbsences

    stuff.co.nz/politics/360467791

  3. had a conversation with a parenting friend and guess we'll have to pay kids to go back to school at some point 😬 #truancy #absenteeism