ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASES INFORMATION ON ITS EFFORTS TO CUT TRUANCY … AND WORD IS THEY’RE WORKING. DR. KRIS MEURER WITH THE DISTRICT TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT THE PROGRAM THAT HAS ADVISORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS MEET WITH FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WHO SKIP SCHOOL, DID CUT TRUANCY RATES BY 13 PERCENT FOR 23 SCHOOLS.
SOME OF THE REASONS STUDENTS ARE TRUANT INCLUDE DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE … HUNGER … ABUSE … AND BEING DEPRESSED OR SUICIDAL. MEURER SAYS THERE WAS A 50 PERCENT SUCCESS RATE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS WHO HELPED THOSE STUDENTS.
