Detroit school district considers bikes to fight chronic absenteeism

Detroit school district considers bikes to fight chronic absenteeism

As the Detroit school district continues to explore ways to reduce chronic absenteeism, providing bicycles to students could help them travel to and from school, some board members say. The bike idea was brought up by Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti during a school board meeting on Tuesday. He said district officials recently completed interviews with high school students who were chronically absent this pa…