First and foremost you should notify the counselor at your school. You always want to have documentation of what is done. Mention your concern about their hygiene as well. This may be correlated. I know of a student who actually lived in a car with his mother and sister. When the car broke down he was unable to get to school. I would hate for this to be a similar situation. Once you speak to the social worker and counselor at your school consider sending home any pamphlets you have about perhaps bus schedules or what have you. If the parents are having a problem OTHER than car troubles and do not divulge this information to you, then it's best if you don't make assumptions about any correlation of issues. Instead, offer information about their children using the bus, even if temporary. As for the reading and math the most important thing you can do is get an RTI process moving. These can be lengthy, so the sooner you get this started the faster you can give these students help.

I agree that this problem should not be ignored. Notify the school immediately. It is clear that something is probably going on at the home or that the family does not have the proper resources to take care of these things (for example: a car to get them there on time, a place to shower at night, a place to study and do homework). The parents are probably embarrassed, so making this known will help the children receive better benefits.

First things first, alert the counselor at your school of the situation. It is important that this situation is looked into because there could be some bigger problems going on that endanger the children's welfare. Secondly see if you can contact the parents with information about finding a different way to get the kids to school when they are having car trouble. They could always ride a bus or possibly car pool. Do not dig for information that the parents do not want to indulge because you don't want to embarrass them. As for the students falling behind in their studies, find out if there is any way the students could stay after school on the days they are there to go over what they have missed. this could help them catch up a little bit to their peers.

You could talk to the parents and see if there is anything you can do to help the students in the classroom, but also encourage that they come to school everyday so they can have the full learning potential.

This should definitely be reported to your school's social worker. This seems like a form of neglect in my opinion, but missing school frequently should be reported to the social worker. It is his or her job to contact the parents to hopefully resolve the issue. In Georgia, there are legal consequences to a child missing school and it all falls on the parents.

I feel as if this issue is becoming a common theme in education.i would seek out the counselor for help and guidance to resolve the issue you are experiencing. Counselors are allowed to make in home visits if they suspect students have bad living conditions.

First of all, contact the counselor. Second, see what you can do to have their work supplemented at home. Try to do maybe a weekly planner so the students could keep up at home as well. Sure it won't be the best thing since they need to be in school, but for the meantime while trying to solve their issue it will keep them from falling behind even further. Contact the parents and just provide the resources available to them.

I would absolutely get in contact with the counselor and let them know. The fact that they have poor hygiene can be an alarming sign (or nothing at all), but would definitely be a sign that you wouldn't want to ignore.