GROUP TACKLES POOR ATTENDANCE.Byline: Daily News 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, - A local parent and teen support group is taking action against truancy. Action, a group for concerned parents who help each other with teen parenting problems, is hosting a program Tuesday for parents to learn about the troubles with kids skipping school. Mary Chester, a child welfare and attendance specialist, will be speaking to parents about truancy at 7 p.m at Action's meeting at Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
Chester, who also is a member of the School Attendance Review Board with the 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 High Union School District, will discuss issues that not only affect a student's academic records and school performance, but family life as well. ``Dealing with teens at the high school level, parents feel teens should be taking care of themselves and tend to let lose of the reins reins pl.n. The kidneys, loins, or lower back. ,'' she said. ``However this is the time a parent should be vigilant and more involved with their children's school activities, extracurricular activities and their personal lives.'' Poor attendance is most often a glaring glar·ing adj. 1. Shining intensely and blindingly: the glaring noonday sun. 2. Tastelessly showy or bright; garish. 3. warning sign of futuredelinquent behavior, Chester said. Most parents 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. that truancy can evolve into a court issue. Parents will learn about the warning signs, how to effectively work with their teen's behavior, as well as what kind of support parents can seek from the school district to help with a teen's chronic absenteeism ab·sen·tee·ism n. 1. Habitual failure to appear, especially for work or other regular duty. 2. The rate of occurrence of habitual absence from work or duty. . Chester will discuss setting limits and suggest appropriate consequences for truancy. ``So often, parents feel they have no control,'' Chester said. ``They are afraid of setting consequences and limits. Failure to set consequences for a teen's actions is one of the most detrimental issues in parenting teens today; it leads to lack of respect for parents as well as frequently creating attendance problems.'' Kids can often make wrong choices, and sometimes those choices can be deadly, said Cary Quashen, founder and executive director of Action. ``Action offers a place for teens to learn positive behaviors that will work for them,'' he said. ``They learn skills to promote healthier and happier lifestyles.'' For more information, call the Action hotline at 1-800-For-Teens or (661) 713-3006. |
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