More than a quarter of enrolled students missed school in Denver and Jeffco on Tuesday when the city celebrated the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl parade.
Denver Public Schools released numbers Wednesday showing 24,152 students had an excused or unexcused absence from one class period or more on Tuesday. That is about 26 percent of the 90,234 students enrolled in Denver schools.
It was 9,268 more than were gone Monday.
Principals dealt with a flood of voicemails from parents calling to excuse their children, but late in the morning schools also saw a stream of parents going to school to pick up their students.
Late Tuesday, Jeffco schools reported 21,902 students, or a quarter of the district’s enrollment, missed one class period or more Tuesday. That was 6,701 more than were gone Wednesday last week and 5,481 more than were gone Monday.
Douglas County School District had 2,000 more absences called in Tuesday than they did Monday.
Yesenia Robles: 303-954-1372, yrobles@denverpost.com or @yeseniarobles
