Yesterday morning, a pool of 42 volunteers headed to Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain with the goal of reaching 300 households where students dropped out or were chronically absent last school year:
Dozens of volunteers fanned out across Boston neighborhoods Wednesday morning, hoping to get kids who were largely absent last year back into school., the door-knocking effort targets Boston-area high schoolers who dropped out or were chronically absent last school year, meaning they missed at least 18 days of school throughout the entire year.
Now in its fifth year, the door-knocking effort occurs on the eve of the first day of school for BPS students, which begins Thursday. It builds off initial efforts to reach households where students simply stopped coming to school. “Sometimes we don’t get them today, but they’ll trickle in, in the next couple of weeks,” she said. The re-engagement center works to help students complete their high school diploma, enroll in alternative education or work toward a GED.
"Ensuring that every young person in Boston has the ability to access high-quality education, is the highest priority in BPS," Echelson said.
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