School truancy has been a grim topic for New Zealanders for years now, with the figures for Term 4, 2022 ...
Truancy crisis: Giving Masterton kids a fighting chance
If it takes a village to raise a child, then perhaps it takes a community to keep a child in school. Sometimes it takes a lift from an auntie or uncle, a friendly enquiry from a neighbour over the fence, or a running race across a family farm with the town’s boxing champ.
Laurence Titter and Masterton Intermediate School students have been celebrating attendance improvements.