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Truancy Intervention Program: Maximizing Attendance and Supporting Student Success

This program aims to address truancy and improve attendance by implementing various interventions, including diversion contracts, home visits, attendance letters, and community referrals.

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Truancy Intervention Program: Maximizing Attendance and Supporting Student Success

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  2. Attendance Department

  3. Task Force • Circuit Court Judge • Assistant Prosecuting Attorney • School Based Probation Officer • Juvenile Probation • Adult Probation • Public Defenders Office • DHHR/CPS/Youth Services • Magistrate Court • Attendance Director/Assistant Attendance Director • Truancy Interventionist • Sheriff’s Department • School Attendance Designee • Pro Officers • Title I School Social Workers • Graduation Coaches

  4. Truancy Diversion Process • Attendance Flyers sent home 1st day of school • Referral from school attendance designee • 3 day attendance letter-US Mail • 5 day attendance letter/ CA2- mailed certified or delivered by the Sheriff’s department • Phone calls • Home visits • Meetings at the school • Diversion contracts • File either juvenile petition or warrant

  5. Truancy Interventionist • Open house at the beginning of the school year • Monitor’s daily attendance of at risk students: school visits home visits student/parent conferences phone calls notification attendance letters to elementary parents (5- 10 days) linkage and referrals to community services diversion contracts (secondary school students) deliver legal notices, court hearings, probation revocation notices • Attend Pre-K and Kindergarten registrations

  6. Diversion Contract

  7. Attendance Statistics 2015-16 3 day letters sent- 5,280 CA2 sent- 2,886 Legal complaints filed- 199 Legal complaints heard in court- 412 Open court cases- 218

  8. Circuit CourtJuveniles • Improvement plan • Probation • Referral to youth services • Referral to drug court • Placement

  9. Circuit CourtAdults 1st offense • Improvement plan • Attend Supporting Parents for Students Success • Referral to CPS • Guilty or Not Guilty • Fine 2nd offense • Attend school with child • Incarceration

  10. School Based Probation Officer • Monitor all juveniles who are placed on Improvement plan or Probation • Random drug screen • Office visits • School visits • Revocations

  11. Drop Out Rate

  12. Graduation Rate

  13. Incentives Elementary • monthly bike give away to school with most improved attendance • 1st nine weeks- Chick Fli A Nuggets • 2nd nine weeks- Jump Zone • Semester- One Little Ceasar’s Pizza Party per school • 3rd nine weeks- McDonalds Sandwich Mt. State Miniature Golf • 4th nine weeks- McDonalds Fun Meal Youth Museum Pass Middle/High School • 1st nine weeks- Chick Fli A Sandwich • 2nd nine weeks- Leisure Lanes Bowling Alley • Semester- One Little Ceasar’s Pizza Party per school • 3rd nine weeks- McDonalds Sandwich Mt. State Miniature Golf • 4th nine weeks- McDonalds Extra Value Meal Outdoor Theater Pass Year One Pool Pass to a student with perfect attendance for the year for his/her family Also, each school has their own attendance incentive program.

  14. Concerns • Snow Days • 2 hour delays • Early out- 3 hour • Unlimited parent notes • Calendar Adjustments • Extending the school year • Taking away days at spring break

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