Angus King: “Attendance is down about 5%. I think now it's a little more…”

“What's happening is people kind of putting themselves under self imposed house arrest, children staying home from school. The superintendent testified last night at the public meeting that about Attendance is down about 5%. I think now it's a little more than that. And in some schools it's 15 over 15%. Kids are staying home from school. Parents are afraid to take their kids to school. They're afraid to put them on the bus.” (18:37–18:46)

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