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Math teacher Amy Travis’s class recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the first day of school at Kiser Middle School, on Monday, August 24, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.

Students get into their lockers during the first day of school at Kiser Middle School, on Monday, August 24, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.

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GREENSBORO — Countless reasons explain why some students’ desks sit empty each school day: Lack of after-school child care. Inadequate transportation. Illness.

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Contact Marquita Brown at (336) 373-7002, and follow @mbrownNR on Twitter.

Student absences

The following are considered lawful, or excused, reasons for student absences from school. 

A student's absence from school is considered unlawful, or unexcused, when it occurs at without a parent or guardian's knowledge or without a justifiable cause.

Source: Guilford County Schools student handbook 

Empty desks

18,516

Students who missed 10 or more days

6,370

20 or more days

571

50 or more days*

*Data is for 2014-15.

Students who were absent 10 days or more are included in the 20- and 50-day absence counts. Numbers include excused and unexcused absences.

Source: Guilford County Schools

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Math teacher Amy Travis’s class recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the first day of school at Kiser Middle School, on Monday, August 24, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.

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