ABSENT KIDS WORRY SCHOOL.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Truancy and tardiness Tardiness Dagwood comic strip character; chronically late at the office. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118] ten o’clock scholar schoolboy who habitually arrives late. [Nurs. are persistent problems in Santa Clarita schools and have been linked to drug use and other delinquent behavior, prompting some school administrators and teen counselors to take action. At Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
``The issues can range from, I don't like my classes or they're in classes where they're completely lost because they're not placed properly, to there's someone around on campus I don't like,'' said Mary Chester, a William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District child welfare and attendance specialist. But while these severe tactics may deter the common offender, chronic ditching could be a symptom of deeper personal troubles, said Chester, who is scheduled to address the issue tonight at a workshop sponsored by Action, a parent and teen support group. ``Usually there's something in a child's life that's going on,'' she said. ``It's usually not about school. Something in the family triggers it,'' including a death at home, drug use or alcoholism. Permissive permissive adj. 1) referring to any act which is allowed by court order, legal procedure, or agreement. 2) tolerant or allowing of others' behavior, suggesting contrary to others' standards. PERMISSIVE. parents who allow their children to skip classes could also aggravate the problem, Chester said. ``Once they develop those habits of not going to school, when the parents get the child the message that it's OK not to go to school, it becomes chronic,'' she said. ``If we have to end up in court, we haven't done our job,'' she said. Chester's office is often a chronic truant's last stop before Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. has an ongoing truancy task force charged with scouring scouring characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. the streets for teens who should be in class. Detective Joe Dombrowski said his team has ticketed up to five truants a day, but there are probably many more who have gone unnoticed because they chose to stay indoors and out of sight. ``If they're not in school, they're doing something, and it's normally not good,'' he said. ``They're usually getting in some kind of trouble. If it's not alcohol or drug abuse, then it's daytime residential burglary.'' A truancy ticket can be an intimidating, yet successful, deterrent, Dombrowski said. A child usually faces up to the problem after being forced to appear with parents in court before a county Superior Court juvenile commissioner, he said. The truancy discussion is scheduled tonight at 7 p.m. at the U Building at Saugus High School, 21900 Centurion Way. For information, call (661) 713-3006. |
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