i have read one news that stated about one judge is helping to prevent truancy among student....

Judge Helps Schools By Disciplining Truants

A Saline County Judge is starting a truancy program and disciplining kids who are skipping school. Judge Bobby McCallister expects more than 100 kids to show up in court Thursday, Oct. 8.

Judge McCallister says if the court steps in, students will be too scared to skip school. He hopes in the long-run, this will help more students graduate from high school.

The Bryant School District, like many around the state and country, has students who skip school.
Spokesperson Jessica Norris says it's a problem.

"Even if its only three or four students that this is affecting their education, the value of those students' education is worth every effort we can make," says Norris.

About five percent of Bryant School District's kids are absent everyday or 370 students out of 7,700 students.

"The legislature says kids are supposed to be in school until they are 18, and I took an oath to uphold that," says Judge McCallister.

McCallister is starting a truancy program in which Saline County's four school districts will send students who continually skip school to court.

McCallister says he can order a vast range of punishment, from community service to fines for parents to even locking them up in juvenile jail.

"If they have missed enough and they're on the verge of losing credit, we will have a monthly review in court with those students," says McCallister.

McCallister says getting kids early before they miss too many credits will mean higher graduation rates.

"Part of the problem we deal with in juvenile court is that kids don't expect enough of themselves," says McCallister.

Most students will have a truancy officer, like a probation officer who will supervise them and make sure they're going to school. The worst offenders will have to meet with the judge regularly.

"They don't want to go see the judge. They don't want their parents to have to take time off from work," says McCallister.

"It shows them we mean business," says Norris.

Judge McCallister says in a way, he is cutting into the parent's role of disciplining, but a lot of parents are not aware their kids are skipping school, so it's actually helping them.

urlhttp://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=92113&catid=2

posted by: kokila

hi friends, so now we have move on to our last RQ that is how to prevent truancy among students. so, as u all read what had zainab and eliza posted they tell that education about truancy is important in the early stage and i totally agree with that point because people are shaped when they are children.futhermore,the school authority also must be aware of this problem and must be always alert to the students that are absent and inform to thier parents so that the parents can control their children from being truant.Truant students place themselves at risk for financial failure, delinquent behaviors and substance abuse. Truancy prevention efforts must involve the family, the school and the community. Preventing truancy is about more than just forcing the child to attend class. You must identify and address the root cause. Now i will explain some steps how to prevent truancy among students:

Step 1
Insist on accurate record keeping. If your child has truancy issues, the school's attendance policies may not be consistent or effective enough to track your child.

Step 2
Ask the school to notify you when your child is absent. The school must notify you whether the absence is excused or unexcused to ensure the child is not forging his own excuses.

Step 3
Investigate the safety of the child's school. An environment with gang or bullying issues encourages truancy.

Step 4
Explore alternative schools in your district. Other truant students can negatively influence your child and you may need to switch schools for severe problems. Talk to your school's guidance counselor about this possibility.

Step 5
Escort your child to school, whether by walking or driving the child. You can shield your child from violence or truant peers by taking her directly to her first class.

Step 6
Work with your child on subjects with which he struggles. Children skip school to avoid facing embarrassment in the classroom when their academic performance is poor.

Step 7
Make school a priority. Students must not miss school to help with the family business or to attend vacations that fall during the school year. Allowing students to miss school for reasons other than illness or family emergencies sends the message that school is not important.

This are some of the step of that could be used.

posted by:kokila

urlhttp://www.ehow.com/how_2086207_prevent-truancy.html

hi there everyone! i would like to share an article that I read on few days back on thestaronline. enjoy the article. by the way, hope all of you like the so called ANTI-TRUANCY ROBOT.hehe

Published: Friday August 14, 2009 MYT 1:38:00 PM

Crime prevention clubs in school to curb truancy crime

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has set up over 6,000 Crime Prevention Clubs, increased the number of Police Cadet Corp in schools and set up district level Anti Truancy Teams to curb truancy and student involvement in crime.

Deputy Prime Minister and Education Ministers Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that efforts could only be successful if parents joined in by taking interest in where their children were at all times and what they were doing.

Education on the effects of truancy and criminal activities on childrens’ future was the best way to stop their involvement in unwanted activities.

URL : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.aspfile=/2009/8/14/nation/20090814134045&sec=nation#

Posted by Eliza Maria Benjamine

prevention measures

hey there..now we are moving up to the next topic which is "prevention measures for truancy".
there are many ways to overcome the truancy problem among students if all the parties work hand in hand.parents or guardians involvements play an important role to overcome the truancy problems among students. Parents must improve the environment of their house so that their children wont get stressed out and start involving themselve in immoral activities such as truancy. parents must show a good example and be a role model for their children. parents also must always keep an eye on their children;s daily activities and always make sure that their children's are doing well in school. There are many cases that children start involving in negative activities because their parents like to push them in studies or anything in their life. therfore, parents must always try to advise their children in a nice way instead of scolding or pushing them all the time.moreover, parents should not let their children take time off school for minor ailments because it might become their habits in future if they are keep on taking off whenever they want.

School must expose their students about importance of good attendance and punctuality
taking an interest in their education ask about school work and encourage them to get involved in school activities.besides that, school must have an good counselling centre where they are encouraged to discuss any problems they may have at school and if necessary inform their teacher or headteacher about anything serious.
as we all know that there are students who skip schools because they afraid of being bully by his or her seniors in school. so that, school authority must take an action towards those who bully these students. however for those serious problems of truancy, school authority must handle them by carrying out hard punishment or may be they can ask for police's help.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/YourChildsWelfareAtSchool/DG_4016117
http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/TruancyFactSheet.pdf

Good evening. I must say that Zainab had a lot to say in her post on ways of preventing truancy. Thank you my friend for the post. I would like to share on some measures that can be taken to prevent this social problem, which I found from a website. This post is mainly on the responsibilities of parents.

1. Parents should educate their children about the importance of education. This means parents should teach their children to make school a priority. Therefore, students must not miss school to help with the family business or to attend vacations that fall during the school days. Allowing students to miss school for reasons other than illness or family emergencies sends the message that school is not important.
2. Parents should mug up (study) with their children, that is to work with their child on subjects with which he or she struggles in. This is because certain student skips school to avoid facing embarrassment in the classroom when their academic performance is poor.
3. Parents are ought to explore alternative schools in their district. This is in case of social problem in the current school their child is in. Parents should be aware that other truant students can negatively influence their child and they might need to switch schools for severe problems. Parents are adviced to talk to the school counselor about this possibility.
4. Parents should request the school to notify them when their child is absent. The school must notify parents whether the absence is excused or unexcused to ensure the child is not forging his or her own excuses.

These are the few things that I have summarize from a website. I hope all of you find this post interesting and easy to be carried out. Thank you.

URL : http://www.ehow.com/how_2086207_prevent-truancy.html#

posted by, Eliza Maria Benjamine

hi friends,I'm back ......thanks for the post friends, i just read those post....

In the post that Eliza's post about the article its clearly shows that truant students is consuming to alcoholic drinks. students who are truant not only consume to alcoholic but they also take drugs and smoke. this habits are totally injuries to their health. furthermore truancy effects alot on the student because students who are truant keen to involve in gangsterism, vandalism and shoplifting. this kind of activities will spoil their future life. moreover truancy not only effects the students itself but it also effects people around them. when students play truant teachers take action to solve their students problem. this act will slow down the class teaching time and also will effect other student studies. other than that truancy also effect our community where when students play truant they might involved in gangsterism that will make people around them feel unsafe and frustrated with their behaviour.so its clearly shows that truancy makes every one's life unsafe especially the truant students life....so that's all for now catch you all soon....

posted by: kokila