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At Wakefield North, the ninth-grade center for Wakefield High, social worker Steven Sapienza is leading a pilot project on attendance, described by Superintendent Burns as one of the vital behaviors for learning and teaching in WCPSS schools.
"You need to be at school to learn,"said Sapienza. "It's that simple."
While attendance seems straightforward and simple, absenteeism may be a difficult and complex problem for some students. Sapienza says there are a number of issues such as poverty, chronic illness, homelessness, emotional and mental health of the student and parents, and cultural and language barriers that contribute to absenteeism.
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