Among caregivers for whom further information was available, 125 (69%) of 182 would have seen the student on a typical school day, 54 (31%) of 173 typically worked outside the home, and 12 (34%) of 35 took time off work to care for the student during school closure.
Yet in a typical school system, both groups receive tenure.
Clearly, though, this is not a typical school.
"There isn't really a typical school trip," says headteacher Alison Ewins.
On a typical school day, 327,000 pupils were out of school, compared with 370,000 the year before.
Through the course of a typical school year, 100 or more students from a five-county area are sent there to try to regain their footing.
During an investment analysts call in October, Mr. Packard boasted about results at Agora, calling them "significantly higher than a typical school on state administered tests for growth".
Ms. Epstein's research suggests that just under a quarter of parents in a typical school are what she calls "good partners," including those who volunteer time.
Cierra was all smiles as she started off her conference sharing the details of a typical school day with her mother.
Results show that in a typical school a 10% rise in peer-group take-up would reduce non-participation by almost a quarter.
The Texas system has nearly four times as many students requiring special education services as a typical school and three times as many students with learning disabilities.
