It seems as if there is a problem at home or there is something wrong with the student, for a child to not care THAT much there has to be something going on. I would suggest talking to the student and finding out why he wants to skip class, and make sure he understands that there won't be consequences for his answer. Give him a safe place to talk about what may be going on.

Has the student expressed reasons for skipping? Does he skip the period and remain at school? If so, how does the student perform? Is the student functioning lower than his peers; therefore, there is a lack of frustration? Does the student skip class and leave school? Have you tried an attendance contract with the student. I know it may seem cheesy, but inviting the student to class, making a point to call the student by name, and telling the student you are glad they are there has been proven to decrease absences. I have seen it work for students at the high school level too.

If the student is still on school grounds, I would talk with administration to see how to make changes in monitoring common areas and transition times/ places. Conference with the student to see if there is a social or academic reason for skipping. If you don't get any revelations, try changing your class set-up or arrangements so that you offer different classroom models for learning. Cooperative learning might bring in interest. Students may prefer to work on a contract model, independently.

I believe you should get the counselor involved as well.

sit down and have a talk with the student. figure out if its a personal reason or its just the class and figure out what you can do to change his experience

I would try to have a conference with the student, to see what is going on with them and see if I could help resolve why they are skipping school.

Try to engage the student more when they do come to class. Also, be persistent and ask the administrator if they can set up and appointment that you can attend.

I would follow up with the administrator to assure something will be done because attending class is important for the student to receive the best education possible. BY following up, you are making sure the student has a strong support system at home. And if not, then it should be investigated further.

I suggest to talk to the student first before you do anything to see what the student tell you and after you can have a parent teacher conference to get to the bottom of lack of support from the student.

I would leave it in the hands of the administration. This is no longer in your control.

This is a sad situation. I think that your should have more support from school too. I would go deeper into how you could legally do to help your student, so at least he can graduate from high school.

What you can do is start using attendance as a grade or even extra credit if students show up every day. Give some sort of incentive for those who come to class often and maybe it'll change the student's attitude. Also research as to why the student would be skipping so much sometimes there could be internal things going on that the student may not even realize themselves.

I would suggest that you seek an adult who can shadow that student or encourage his friends to remind him about class. Sometime the students peers can get through to them a little more than we can. At this age, friends hold a little more value than anyone in their lives. Any kind of reward that can be offered for class attendance will be helpful.