Truancy rates in state, parish are a problem
St. Landry Parish’s public school truancy rate in 2020-2021 was 49.19% — higher than the state’s 40.21% rate. Truancy is defined as students who have five tardies or five unexcused absences in a semester. In the 2020-2021 school year there were 6,559 truancy cases in the school district. The parish’s truancy rate is confusing given the reported attendance rates for the 2020-2021 school year.…