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Findings and Recommendations
5 findings
A non-punitive truancy mediation program under the direction of the District Attorney's office would encourage school attendance and eliminate the need for many SST and SART hearings.
Related Recommendations (1)
Resolve the stakes are high enough and the evidence strong enough to warrant greater involvement by the Board of Supervisors in the fight against truancy.
SFUSD employs talented persons whose interests, for whatever reason(s), do not lie in marshaling the district's resources to ensure that every child gets to school.
Related Recommendations (1)
1 3(A) 3(B) 3(C) 3(D) 4 Response Board of Supervisors Χ Х Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ
Collection of reliable data and proper distribution of such data is a prerequisite for understanding the true nature and extent of the truancy crisis. SFUSD is not collecting nor distributing to appropriate SFUSD personnel and outside agencies data from which it can be determined the reasons for truancy, the demographic information, the interventions attempted and the outcomes of such interventions. Using aggregate data does not violate student privacy.
Related Recommendations (1)
SFUSD should work with the District Attorney's office or the Chief Probation Officer to establish a non-punitive truancy mediation program.
Parents primarily are responsible to get their kids to school. When parents fail to do so, the school district, with the assistance of other agencies, has the ability and the responsibility to take corrective action. SFUSD is not using the tools available to it and is not providing in a timely fashion to other agencies the information necessary for them to intervene.
Related Recommendations (1)
Direct the Joint City and School District Select Committee to ensure Recommendation Numbers 2 and 3 (above) are implemented. Recommendation 2 1 3(A) 3(B) 3(C) 3(D) 4 Response Board of Supervisors Χ Х Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Endnotes
Despite the efforts of the Mayor, the District Attorney and the Superintendent of Schools, neither the Board of Supervisors nor the Board of Education have determined which of them will take the lead in creating and implementing a truancy reduction policy. Finding 2 1 3
Related Recommendations (1)
SFPD and SFUSD should increase, not curtail, the number of SROs to serve all middle schools. SRO responsibility should include (1) serving as part of a homeroom team for habitual truants, and (2) having SROs deliver the first written warning for the truant to take home and be signed by a parent or guardian.
Additional Recommendations
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These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.
