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Tuck, Kathy D.; Shimbuli, Frieda N. – 1988
On the average, 10 percent of District of Columbia Public School (DCPS) students--approximately 8,500 students--are absent from school each day. In order to combat truancy, which often leads to dropping out, DCPS developed the Truancy Prevention Plan, part of a Comprehensive Plan for School Attendance Improvement, which was implemented between…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Communications
