Middletown, OH Axing Truancy Court

I understand the pressure that state and local governments feel from shrinking budgets, but cutting anti-truancy efforts virtually guarantee astronomically higher social and education costs in the future. That is what Middletown, OH will discover.

Attendance Counts

A very nice website called Attendance Counts describes many of the important reasons why school attendance is so critical and what we can do to encourage good behavior and discourage the bad.

3 in 10 Texas workers to not have high school diplomas by 2040.

According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, by 2040, 30% of Texas workers will not have a high school diploma. This will make average family incomes $6,500 per annum lower than they are today. Very scary.

Michigan Conference on Reducing State Budgets

At the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan, keen minds looking for state budget savings have honed in on the issue of truancy.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said:
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We're talking about illiteracy, we're talking about truancy. Truancy is probably one of the biggest issues when it comes to juvenile delinquency. Truancy is huge. But people don't want to talk about spending money in those truancy programs. If we can get people in school we can correct some of the issues."

Truer words have rarely been spoken. . .