take one item from list and import it to another list

so, long story short i want to take the absent person and import only that one person to the absent list, every time i tried this it imported everyone from the students list so that isnt much help;

this is so at the very end i can clear and display every student with the respective colors for their attendance, if theyre absent they're red, and if they were present they are green

ty in advance :)

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Hello
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<string> students = new List<string>(5);
            students.Add("Obama Ojane"); 
            students.Add("Yarik Ze");
            students.Add("Allen O'neill");
            students.Add("Naveen Sharma");
            students.Add("Monica Rathbun");
            students.Add("David McCarter");
            students.Add("Zayne Pan");
            students.Add("Rah");

            int v = 0;
            int abs = 0;
            int pres = 0;

            List<string> absent = new List<string>(5);
            List<string> present = new List<string>(5);

            foreach (string a in students)
            {
                Console.Write(students[v] + ": ");
                string attendance = Console.ReadLine();
                if (attendance == "absent" || attendance == "abs" || attendance == "a")
                {
                    abs++; 
                    absent.Append(attendance);
                    String studentNameA = students[v];
                    absent.Add(studentNameA);
                }
                if (attendance == "present" || attendance == "pres" || attendance == "p")
                {
                    pres++;
                    present.Append(attendance);
                    String studentNameP = students[v];
                    absent.Add(studentNameP);

                }
                v++;
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.Clear();
            Console.WriteLine("total present: " + pres);
            Console.WriteLine("total absent: " + abs);
            Console.WriteLine("total students: " + (abs+pres));



            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
            for (int i = 0; i < absent.Count; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(absent[i]);
            }

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
            for (int i = 0; i < present.Count; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(present[i]);
            }

        }
    }
}

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