truant

He was a serial truant and left school at 15 without learning to read or write.

As one might have predicted, the trio of 14-year-old supposedly truant adolescents quickly overwhelmed the comic.

Q: How do you explain to your progressive supporters that as a district attorney, you championed legislation that allowed parents of chronically truant students to be prosecuted?

Last winter, Kvistad doubled down, contacting educators in 19 King County districts and charter schools to improve communication about truant kids.

Statewide, nearly a quarter of American Indian and Alaska Native students were truant in the 2021-2022 school year, according to OSPI’s report.