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🌱 Riverdale school district appears in historical truancy comparison

Riverdale, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Riverdale school district appears in historical truancy comparison

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Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 58 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 46, low: 34.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• DuPage High School District 88 newsletter provides updates on district activities (dupagepolicyjournal.com) — Riverdale’s George Patton School District 133 appears in a statewide truancy comparison accompanying updates about DuPage High School District 88. The report cites a 70 percent chronic truancy rate for Patton alongside DuPage’s 2020 figures, making this historical context rather than a current assessment of Riverdale schools.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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