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D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said she has some concerns about the D.C. Healthy Schools Act, among them the fact that some schools do not have cafeterias or kitchens.

"We put significant resources into hiring attendance counselors," Ms. Rhee said, and there are protocols that call for teachers and administrators to contact parents before students become habitual truants.

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