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1. The Oakland school district became one of the first in the state to analyze student absenteeism rates, and the results are alarming — about one out of every seven students missed nearly four weeks of school last year, the Chron and Trib report. With chronic absenteeism rates like that, it’s no wonder why Oakland traditionally has had less-than-stellar test scores. There are numerous theories as to why Oakland kids, predominantly those from low-income families, miss so much school, but the Chron highlights an East Oakland principal, Adam Taylor, who seems to be solving the problem. Taylor has lowered chronic absenteeism at Brookfield Village Elementary School from 20 percent of students to 7 percent.
Samuel P. Taylor State Park is slated for closure. Goodwin Liu
