DPSCD leaders say they are excited about the program.

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Detroit public high school students to be paid for perfect attendance

The incentive allows high school students to receive a $200 gift card for each two-week period in which they have perfect attendance.

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Detroit schools paying high school students $200 bi-weekly for perfect attendance

The initiative comes as Detroit’s public schools are experiencing rampant levels of absenteeism.

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Detroit’s Public Schools Try To Combat Chronic Absenteeism by Offering Students Up to $1,000 in Gift Cards

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Anyone who has been keeping up with Detroit’s staggering decline knows that the city doesn’t have a lot of money to throw around these days. Nevertheless, absenteeism has become such a big problem in Motor City’s schools that educators have resorted to bribing students to come to class. According to TheBlaze: This month, Detroit Public... The post Desperate Detroit Schools Offer Kids $1,000 Just To Show Up For Class appeared first on Daily Truth…

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Desperate Detroit Schools Offer Kids $1,000 Just To Show Up For Class

The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.

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Detroit lures kids to school with $200 gift cards. Perfect attendance is up

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