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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did I really just read that a HS kid who is arrested and convicted of a crime be excused from truancy?[/quote]

I think the poster was trying to absolve the school, not the student. Schools are being faulted for not  adopting policies and programs that increase attendance. But sometimes (like when the student is absent because he’s incarcerated or hospitalized), it’s beyond anything the school could possibly do.[/quote]

In this situation, I would think the school would disenroll the student if he is incarcerated and no longer attending.  [/quote]

But he will presumably be attending next month?  I think punative measures have limited effectiveness for truancy since the kids/parents clearly don’t want to be in/send them to school so decreasing the access or convenience or benefit of school will only makes things worse.  I have no good ideas for solutions though and agree it is important to make sure kids aren’t missing a ton of school.[/quote]

PP here, my assumption was the kid was going to be incarcerated for more than a month.  When you are convicted of a crime, I don’t know of many such short jail time of 1 month

I agree that decreasing access might be an obstacle to sending them to school but consequences need to be given and that is to disenroll them from school.  Lastly, it might be best that the kid not go to school and to some rehab program or center for youths.  I doubt at this point he is getting anything out of school or trying and likely is a bad influence on the other kids at school.  Would you want your kids to go to school with a criminal or drug dealer? [/quote]

A good option is if the city has a trade school that caters to convicted and trouble youths while also providing youth services and support to these kids.

But the issue here is that the parents would need to consent to enroll the kid.  Or with the conviction the court mandates that the kid go there after serving for a year[/quote]

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