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Metro Student Attendance Center (M-SAC)

Metro Student Attendance Center (M-SAC). Mission . To return students to their respective schools and provide positive early interventions to ensure the student is re-engaged in school life. Goals of M-SAC. I. To reduce the incidences of juvenile delinquent acts during school hours;

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Metro Student Attendance Center (M-SAC)

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  1. Metro Student Attendance Center(M-SAC)

  2. Mission • To return students to their respective schools and provide positive early interventions to ensure the student is re-engaged in school life.

  3. Goals of M-SAC • I. To reduce the incidences of juvenile delinquent acts during school hours; • II. To proactively address attendance problems at the earliest stages before patterns of delinquency develop; • III. To impact the systematic causes of chronic truancy and high absenteeism through a coordinated, strategic intervention process involving government and community youth and family service providers; and • IV. To enhance and strengthen the positive long-term outlook for school age youth and their educational, social and economic opportunities.

  4. Program Oversight and Staffing Partners • Metro Nashville Juvenile Court (Lead Agency) • Metro Nashville Public Schools • Metro Nashville Police Department • Department of Children Service • Department of Human Services

  5. Metro Nashville Juvenile Court • 1 Full Time Program Coordinator • 2 Full Time Probation Officers • 1 Full Time Office Support Representative III • 1 Full Time Security Services Officer

  6. Metro Nashville Public Schools • 1 Full Time Social Worker • 1 Full Time Family & Youth Services Assistant • 1 Full Time Instructional Specialist

  7. Other Agencies • Metro Nashville Police Department • 2 Part Time Youth Services Counselors • STARS • 1 Full Time Assessment & Outreach Coordinator • Department of Children Services • on-call DCS Liaison • Public Health Department • on-call Nurse

  8. Overall Center Data

  9. 721 students (both loitering and targeted truancy) have been referred and/or serviced by M-SAC since it opened on August 11, 2008. • 61% for Loitering during school hours (LDSH) • 39% for Targeted Truancy (TT)

  10. Demographic Data • African-American males 31% • African-American females 23% • Caucasian males 16% • Caucasian females 14% • Hispanic males 7% • Hispanic females 5% • Other males 2% • Other females 2%

  11. M-SAC Programs • Loitering During School Hours (LDSH) • Targeted Truancy • Attendance Intervention Management (AIM) • Educational Neglect

  12. LDSH Breakdown • M-SAC - Transported to the center by PD 161 • PD - Divert-Referred by the PD Youth Services Division 120 • JC - Divert-Referred by Juvenile Court 9 • Denied After - Denied after transport for various reasons 13 • Denied - Did not meet M-SAC Criteria 90 • Record Checks - Verify records only 42 • DCS - In DCS custody 6 Total 441

  13. As the chart below reflects, M-SAC began the school year off at a slow, but steady pace; however during December the loitering during school hour referrals from the Police Department dropped significantly, but referrals began to increase again in March.

  14. Targeted Truancy Breakdown • AIM-M-SAC Pilot Program 249 • Ed Neglect-Cases received from JC (age 13 & under) 31 Total 280 * Note: M-SAC yields a 3% repeat offender/recidivism rate

  15. Expansion The A.I.M. Pilot Project (Attendance Intervention Management) • This is an initiative to aggressively address truancy at targeted schools. McGavock High School, the largest high school within MNPS was selected as the 1st test site. • As of June 10, 2009, M-SAC Summer Initiative has yielded the following results: • 53% Successfully signed up for the program • 41% Pending sign-ups • 3% School corrected days after further investigation • 3% Referred to Juvenile Court All of these students were promoted to their next grade level!

  16. Attendance Intervention Management

  17. Dispositional Breakdown • 249 Completers 43% • 142 Unsuccessful 25% • 8 other 1% • 117 open cases 20% • 59 pending 10% *1% is contributed to duplicate cases • Dispositional Breakdown of the 80% (575) that were referred to M-SAC and actually processed through the center. This breakdown will include those students who successfully completed the program; those who were unsuccessful, cases that were closed for miscellaneous reasons, etc.

  18. DCS 14 Family & Crisis Intervention Team • Health4 On-call Nurse • STARS 60 Referrals • Social Worker 5 Referrals Total 163 students referred for services

  19. Social Work Breakdown35% Referred to Community Agencies65% Referred to School Social WorkerOf those Referred to a Community Provider or School Social Worker:72% utilized the services9% denied the services11% were unable to receive services8% were referred to other school staff

  20. Student/Parent Satisfaction • M-SAC provides each student/parent with an exit survey to monitor their satisfaction with the program with a series of questions and a rating scale from 1 to 10. • On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the worst and 10 the best, the overall satisfaction with the M-SAC program is 8.9!

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