MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County School District is adding another tool to its effort to keep students in the classroom. Alongside its existing Truancy Task Force, attendance coordinator and school-based ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — While truancy is a problem in West Virginia, are Ohio schools faring any better? Those who face it head on say it has been an ongoing battle. "Our state average is about 90 ...
At the beginning of last year, one of my brightest students, Marcus, a junior, started missing school. It was gradual at first — one or two days here and there — but it soon became clear that he was ...
SAN ANTONIO — Over the last five years, lawmakers in Texas have been grappling with the issues of dropout rates and truancy. What's changed is the long held reliance on justice of the peace and ...
Pastor Dominique Johnson of Kingdom Life Church in east Macon was recently appointed to serve as the Bibb County School District’s new truancy intervention specialist. Courtesy of Kingdom Life Church ...
Schools only have so many tools and intervention techniques at their disposal to mitigate a student’s truancy issues, and some districts have more resources than others. When a student continues to be ...
Under the legislation, the schools would refer students with 15 unexcused full-day absences to the Department of Human Services. The DHS would publish a report in August 2025 describing the most ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 23—ROCHESTER — Rochester Public Schools this fall will be laser-focused on restoring a habit that many students appear to ...
How to prevent truancy and reduce the number of out-of-school children dominated the agenda of a meeting by Traditional Rulers on May 15 at the Palace of Eburu of Ibaland, Osun state. The meeting was ...