Malheur County schools find new ways to battle chronic absenteeism

Data from the 2024-2025 school year shows that Oregon schools have the second-highest chronic absenteeism rate in the country. It breaks down to about a third of Oregon students being chronically absent - missing more than 10 days of school a year. In Malheur County, though, things are different. A recent analysis of attendance data by the Oregon Journalism Project found that students in Malheur…