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Detroit High Schoolers Receive $200 Gift Cards to Improve Attendance

Detroit Public Schools are paying students with up to $1,000 in gift cards to combat an alarming rate of chronic absenteeism.
Detroit High Schoolers Receive $200 Gift Cards to Improve Attendance
Staff and students walk through a hallway at a California school in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
Reporter
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The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) believes consistent school attendance is so important it is willing to pay for it.

In a new incentive program, every high school student who achieves perfect attendance during a two-week cycle consisting of 10 school days will receive a $200 gift card.

Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
Reporter
Steven Kovac reports for The Epoch Times from Michigan. He is a general news reporter who has covered topics related to rising consumer prices to election security issues. He can be reached at [email protected]