Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and ...

Nearly one million Florida students missed more than three weeks ... “If the pandemic was an earthquake, the subsequent rise in absenteeism has been a tsunami that is continuing to disrupt ...

Florida reopened schools earlier than some states but faces the same challenges of large shares of students missing a lot of ...

Florida schools face alarming rise in student absences since pandemic Steven Walker, Leslie Postal and Scott Travis, Orlando Sentinel Thu, June 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM UTC ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ivan Flores didn’t love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. “I was just at home doing nothing ...

The 74 reports that dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism, and while some focus on support and ...

The Dalmar hotel, shown on Thursday, is just one of several high-rise towers in downtown Fort Lauderdale. And more are in the pipeline. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel) John Burns ...

TAMPA, Fla. — There has been a spike in flu cases across much of Florida. In the Bay area, Pinellas and Citrus counties specifically are seeing cases rise, according to the Department of Health.

ORLANDO, Fla. — School districts across the state are preparing to become compliant to state law when it comes to school start times. In 2023, lawmakers passed a law to require middle schools ...