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Crystal Bullard’s children started preschool and elementary school at Whitney Achievement Elementary School last year. (Caroline Bauman/Chalkbeat Tennessee)
When students miss school, they fall behind. Here’s how one group is curbing absenteeism.

Agape, a Memphis nonprofit, works with students at Whitney Achievement Elementary and 15 other schools to help students with attendance and behavior.

The Boys & Girls Club operates seven locations in Memphis.
Boys & Girls Clubs could occupy Shelby County schools

Memphis schools have space. Boys & Girls Clubs have programming. Now they just need money to put clubs in three schools.

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