Principal Kizzie Lott, seated, endures a dousing by one of her students at Bruce Elementary School in Macon in part as a reward for his good attendance. It’s Lott’s effort to decrease absenteeism in her school — a problem across the state and nationwide. Grant Blankenship/GPB News
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