School truancy rates remain high even four years removed from COVID

Aside from robbing Americans of a year of their lives, the COVID-19 pandemic created a whole host of other problems. The economy has been faltering after trillions were spent on free stimulus checks, and many small businesses saw the end of decades of tenure. We closed schools, businesses, offices, and even parks, all over a glorified flu virus. Now, we are reaping the consequences of that with deep-rooted societal issues.

One of those issues now is kids. After years of closing schools and at-home learning, children have developed educational problems, and social problems. Many got comfortable staying home all the time, and now are dependent on it. Now, even four years removed from the ridiculous pandemic, numbers show that truancy and absenteeism remain sky-high in schools.

Conservative activist Jared Woodfill says the worst part is that we are letting it go unpunished.

"The problem we have...what are we doing to make sure we reduce this rate? They seem to be turning a blind eye to it," he says.

According to an American Enterprise Institute report, an estimated 26 percent of public-school students were considered chronically absent from school last year, which was up from 15 percent pre-pandemic. Chronically absent is defined as missing at least 10 percent of the school year.

This trend though does not just produce laziness among students, it has much further impacts.

"When you remove children from that environment...skills are not able to grow. So, then you have not only a knowledge gap, but you also have a relationship gap, and a gap in relation to the kids' social skills," he says.

The move by school districts to shut everything down for over a year was detrimental, as has been seen in standardized test scores. All of it is part of the price we are paying for shutting down things for nothing.

One of the worst products of the pandemic as well is the fact that people are now forever fearful of any sniffle or cough. Some people in society will end up wearing masks in public, likely for the rest of their life, after years of Dr. Fauci fearmongering.

It has gotten worse and worse too, as most Americans continue buying into the 'politically correct' culture wave.

"Until we stop bowing at this...kids will pay the price in form of gaps in knowledge and social skills," he says "We need to wake up, stand up, and speak up, as schools allow kids to continue missing school under the guise of COVID."

But not all students in America are struggling. Many private schools went against the grain, and either stayed open, or opened much earlier than other schools. Those kids now are flourishing.

"Those public-school students are now paying a long-term price...after superintendents bought into the fake science and news...those students will pay a long-term price...and as a result, society pays a long-term price," he says.

Sadly, it appears the 'two weeks to flatten the curve' has turned into 'two decades to fix society.'