If a kid is not going to school, it is not because they are a criminal. It is because they lack guidance, support, direction. Some children feel that they don't have friends so they don't go. Some children have to go home and act as parent while both their parents are at work and the stress of school and homework is too much.
Provide more flexible optons instead... Like study from home Programs, or early GED programs.
Provide free to the student tutoring. Students should not be required to enter an institutional building in order to recieve an education. They should have the resources provided to them and option to study from home, or get extra tutoring if they wish.
Provide a survey to those who are truent more, and find out why? Are they caring for younger Siblings? Do they have chronic depression?.
Do their friends not value education? Do they want to value education but feel they do not fit in with others who value education? Do they live just close enough to not be offered a bus ride, but just far enough where it is truly difficult to even get to school?
Do they want to go to school but have anxiety about the quality of food they eat VS their peers? Do they want to go to school, but feel anxious about time between classes or lunch where most people have friends to sit with?
Do they want to go to school, but their family couldn't afford new uniforms this year? Do they want to go to school, but their family didn't have the budget to buy them new clothes or shoes like their peers had the opportunity to recieve? Do they want to go to school, but their family really needs help so they work, or work late, effecting their sleep, instead?
Do they want to go to school, but only have friends in one of their classes?
Do they trust and confide in people at school? Do peers trust and confide in them? Do they have talents or interests like music, art, math, athletics that they could really feel included in, but their parents can't afford to get them into, and they are already behind in academic
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