Missing school has become a crisis statewide. More than one in four Kansas students were chronically absent during the 2021-22 school year, which means they missed at least 10% of instruction time. That figure nearly doubled over the previous two years. CHRISTPHER SESSUMS/FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS via KNS
BY SUZANNE PEREZ KMUW/Kansas News Service WICHITA — Three years after the pandemic sent most Kansas kids home to learn, schools have a vexing new…