truancy
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More than 50 members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire first walked out on Wednesday as one teacher said truancy was "rife" at the school.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Among those surveyed was a Bolton head teacher who said arts subjects had been "systematically devalued" by the curriculum, which had contributed to some students hating school and committing truancy.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Older students faced fines or a suspended driver’s license for truancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
I fought truancy in California for more than a decade.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024
That put an end to my truancy, but nothing appeared to lighten the long gloomy day that going to school became.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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