[jknz]

Truancy: the action of staying away from school without good reason; absenteeism. (Had to google it! Thanks for a new word)

Truancy can be dealt with by providing food to the kid at the end of the school day, food meant to be brought home.

There are of course arguments against this, e.g., school are not meant for this. Well, schools are not meant to operate with absent students and whatever can fix should be considered.

[whammywon]

Some schools do provide food for students' evening meals. I don't have a statistic to provide, but my wife's school is one of them. It's also worth noting that her school is the low socioeconomic school district in our town (out of 3 total).

[burfog]

Perform a trick to get a food reward?

It sounds like training dolphins.

I don't even know if that is a good sign or a bad sign, but... wow.

[adwn]

Sure, you can turn up your nose at this "trick", shrug with resignation, and tell yourself "Well, nothing we can do about it!"

Or you can get off your high horse, try something new, and see whether it solves this problem.