I have a good friend that is a High School Vice Principal and she more or less said the same thing. The top 20% handled it well with only a handful having issue

I have a good friend that is a High School Vice Principal and she more or less said the same thing. The top 20% handled it well with only a handful having issues (Any issues got worked out), the middle 60% was hit or miss with some students improving and some doing worse (The school had to be flexible but firm in its expectations). However, what she said about the bottom 20% was pretty shocking. A lot of them would just disappear unless the school staff was chasing them down 5 days a week. Many of the bottom 20% just disappeared and no one at the school knows where they are. The school calls, texts and emails (If they have email) but they never hear from anyone. It made her realize that High School is just glorified babysitters for a lot of kids. Just a place to warehouse 30% - 40% teenagers until they are 18 with the hope that the school can get the basics into their heads before they are unleashed into the world.