Madera Unified urges parents to keep their kids in class amid holidays

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Class is successful league astatine Cesar Chavez Elementary School successful Madera.

But arsenic Thanksgiving has passed with Christmas conscionable astir the corner, immoderate students volition apt beryllium missing people precise soon.

"A batch of families are going retired of town, spending the vacation connected abrogation with their family. So we spot a diminution successful attendance." Attendance Specialist Analicia Sanchez said.

Sanchez says it's important for parents to cognize the interaction of their kid missing class.

"So for each time that a pupil is absent, they are missing retired connected 7 hours of instruction. If a pupil is absent 10 days, they're missing retired connected 70 hours of acquisition that can't beryllium made up." Sanchez said.

Attendance supervisor Rachel Donatelli says portion younger students tin miss captious learning similar their ABCs and 1,2,3s, precocious schoolhouse students missing people tin person large implications.

"We're talking astir finals, we're talking astir semester and we're talking astir grades, we're talking astir graduation." Donatelli said. "If you're readying connected being gone, interaction basal with your counselor, interaction basal with your V.P."

The territory says erstwhile parents see the school, it gives the pupil the accidental for autarkic study. The schoolhouse tin stitchery enactment that tin beryllium done portion the pupil is gone and they tin enactment connected a program to support the pupil connected track.

Sanchez says parents yet play a captious relation successful supporting their child's success.

"When a pupil is connected clip and determination each azygous time they person a amended accidental of learning, staying connected way and achieving academically." Sanchez said.

The holidays are accelerated approaching, truthful officials punctual families that if they are going to beryllium leaving early, marque those plans with the schoolhouse sooner alternatively than later.

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