CYF, Marvine Elementary plan community-school efforts to tackle truancy and basic needs

Aug 7, 2026

Miss Torres said Marvine Elementary reached out to the county for help addressing truancy and resource needs; CYF will partially fund a family resource person, run a food drive and support a community-school pantry and services model.

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Miss Torres told commissioners that, while districtwide coordination is not yet in place, individual schools have asked the division for support. She cited Marvine Elementary as an example: the school asked for help addressing truancy and requested partial funding for a family resource person to work inside the school.

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