Category: El Tejon Unified
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Nearly 3 in 10 Kids Chronically Absent — What’s Really Going On in the Mountains
September 9, 2026
El Tejon Unified serves roughly 700 students across three small schools in the mountain communities around Frazier Park, Lebec, and Cuddy Valley. The district’s own reporting to the state showed a chronic absenteeism rate of 28.2% — rated “very high” for every single subgroup of students — with district-wide attendance dropping from around 94% before […]