Students honored for 13 years of perfect attendance
TAMPA (FOX 13) - Perfect attendance for the school year is pretty good, but how about 13 years of perfect attendance?
Five graduating seniors in Hillsborough County were honored Tuesday night for never missing a day of school, from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The students were given $500 Visa gift cards, a free laptop, and a chance to win a free car.
For one student, perfect attendance is a family tradition. She never missed a day; neither did her brother and neither did her dad.
“I don’t know if it’s getting up to get to school or if it’s more just having that drive, that demand, that motivation to do something correct every day of your life,” offered proud dad Geno Stopowenko.
The students were told this is actually a bigger achievement than they might think. It could help them get a job.