Desperate Detroit Schools Offer Kids $1,000 Just To Show Up For Class

Anyone who has been keeping up with Detroit’s staggering decline knows that the city doesn’t have a lot of money to throw around these days.

Nevertheless, absenteeism has become such a big problem in Motor City’s schools that educators have resorted to bribing students to come to class.

According to TheBlaze:

This month, Detroit Public Schools launched a new initiative called Perfect Attendance Pays in an effort to reduce chronic absenteeism, the Detroit Free Press reported.

High school students who attend all of their classes during a two-week period can receive a $200 gift card. The district has designated five such two-week periods between now and late March, meaning that students with perfect attendance during the periods can receive up to $1,000.

Last year, fully

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