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Purposes: Provide the final effort to assist students, their families, and schools in eliminating truancy and avoiding petition to the court.
Rationale: Provide consistency with a community served by several school districts and provide direct access to community family support resources. provide community members and parents with an opportunity to participate in resolving truancy problems.
Action: The truancy board reviews case history and recommends community resources to support the student, parents, and school in attaining school attendance (examples include family support unit, family reconciliation, alcohol and drug assessment, etc.)
Time: The board membership will be a term of at least one year. The board members will be trained about community resources. The board meetings will be three hours in length the first and third Thursday of each month.
Documentation: The truancy board will keep a written record with a copy of recommendations provided to the student and parent, school, and Juvenile Court.
Specialized Services Division: The Specialized Services Division provides a continuum of services to youth from the time they enter the Benton/Franklin Counties Juvenile Justice Center, through diagnostic and court proceedings, to incarceration and treatment. Most services are provided on the premises of the Juvenile Center with court staff, private counselors, and psychologist. The services include Diagnostic Sexual Offender Treatment, Community Commitment Program, Intake Unit, Project Youth Recover, and Parole.
| County Statistics 1997-1998 | Franklin County | Benton County |
| Truancy Petitions/Board Referrals
Attended Truancy Board Scheduled for Truancy Board Truancy Petitions Filed |
Truancy Petitions/Board Referrals
189 278 281 |
Truancy Petitions/Board Referrals
334 443 473 |
| Court Hearings
Petitions to Court Petitions Approved Contempt Hearings Contempts Approved |
Court Hearings
109 106 30 24 |
Court Hearings
136 126 41 33 |
| Referrals to Truancy Board
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Pasco
Pasco High Students-183 New Horizons Students-2 Stevens Middle School Students-32 McLoughlin Middle School Students-39 Captain Gray Elementary Student-1 Mark Twain Elementary Students-2 Longfellow Elementary Students-2 North Franklin Connell High Students-16 Olds Junior High Students-4 |
Kennewick
Southridge HS-11 Kennewick HS-43 Kamiakin HS- 172 Park MS-46 Highlands MS- 27 Horse Heaven MS-17 Desert Hills MS- 9 Reach MS -3 Southgate E-1 Canyon View E -1 Amistad E -5 Richland Hanford HS 6 Rivers Edge HS -12 Richland HS -25 Handfor MS-6 Chief Joseph MS -6 Carmichael -13 Tapteal E - 3 Prosser Prosser HS -2 Real HS-14 Housel MS - 7 Keene-Riverview E- 1 Prosser Heights E- 1 Kiona-Benton Ki-Be MS -6 Ki-Be HS-15 Finley Riverview HS -13 Finley MS -8 |
| Counseling Recommendations
Individual Counseling Family Counseling Anger Management Family Support Psychological Evaluations |
Counseling Recommendations
26 12 7 4 2 |
Counseling Recommendations
88 27 9 8 6 |
| Educational Recommendations
Tutoring Schedule Change Alternative School Summer School Academic Assessment GED |
Educational Recommendations
41 23 13 13 11 8 |
Educational Recommendations
56 13 28 17 6 15 |
| Substance Abuse Recommendations
Drug/Alcohol Assessment Drug/Alcohol Testing N/A Alateen |
Substance Abuse Recommendations
2 1 1 |
Substance Abuse Recommendations
9 5 3 |
| Miscellaneous Recommendations
JJC Tutoring Medical Evaluation Employment Workshop Teen Parent Support Mentoring Home Contract Smoking Cessation |
Miscellaneous Recommendations
26 7 4 1 1 |
Miscellaneous Recommendations
45 0 4 6 0 4 1 1 |
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