Board eyes kids with jailed parents.Byline: SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard It's not a question that comes up in class very often: How many students have a parent or guardian in prison? But Bethel School The Bethel School is a historic school in Monticello, Florida. It is located on County Road 149. On October 12, 2001, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Board member Andrea Ortiz raised the question recently, and Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Tim Keeley had some answers at the board's meeting Monday night. Of the 5,500 students in Bethel area schools, at least 26 are known to have one parent or guardian serving time in prison, Keeley said. That includes 23 elementary-age children and three middle schoolers. The district does not keep a formal count and does not ask students to indicate their parents' incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. status, Keeley said. The fact that no Willamette High School Willamette High School is a school in Eugene, Oregon. Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District. students are among the 26 known cases means only that no high school student or parent has volunteered such information, he said. "It comes through conversations with children and parents to staff members," Keeley said. Ortiz said she raised the issue to learn what kind of intervention, if any, is provided. Keeley said the district has no specific program for children in such circumstances, but each school offers assistance in a variety of ways - ranging from specific behavior plans to one-on-one counseling. Ortiz seemed reassured but wondered if there's a better way to identify such children. "If we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. they're out there, how can we help them?" she said. The board took no action on the issue, but the discussion was timely, Superintendent Kent Hunsaker said. Plans for a state prison near Junction City to be completed by 2007 could bring an influx of families who want to be near incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. loved ones. "This is a likely place for families to come; there's lots of housing," Hunsaker said. |
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