Fairfax County’s public schools have an unprecedented problem with chronic absenteeism. Students considered chronically absent are those who miss more than 10% of school days in a year. 

Chronic absenteeism is problematic because it affects academic performance, creates problems for teachers in their flow of instruction and curricula, and increases the likelihood that students will drop out of high school.

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