Nearly 10 percent of Montgomery County high school students are chronic class cutters, with thousands more skipping in the elementary and middle grades.

Almost 1,000 students in the county were labeled “habitual truants,” defined as absent without an excuse at least one day per week, on average. About 9,000 students were labeled “chronically absent,” meaning absent at least 20 days without an accepted excuse.

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