<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/09/18/nyc-chronic-absenteeism-rates-stubbornly-high/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-18T17:13:10.771Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Healthbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-18T17:13:10.771Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[1 in 3 NYC students chronically absent as rates remain stubbornly high]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.healthbeat.org/resizer/v2/3VMAFE3JJVBRRHHQWLPXRQNNGE.jpg?auth=a7f643aa3a99c087fad237c19b94e868291c9ae0da44b5a1027a224431c8d505&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3646&amp;height=2735</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Students at a Brooklyn school celebrate the first day on Sept. 10. NYC is hoping to make a dent in the chronic absenteeism rate, which was 33.5% in the 2025-26 school year. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>