The good news is fewer high school students in Lamesa are failing classes. The bad news is fewer students are attending classes.Lamesa Independent School District (LISD) is feeling an economic pinch from declining student attendance on some campuses, school officials said Thursday.School districts get part of their budget based upon Average Daily Attendance (ADA) or how many days students actually show up for classes. When students fail to attend classes, schools lose that funding.In the past, LISD enjoyed an attendance rate of 95 percent or higher. But comparing ADA figures of from last year to this school year, ADA has ...