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Regional Office of Education reports 742 active truancy referrals and 85 student exits; spring arts celebration planning under way
Summary
The Regional Office of Education reported 742 active truancy referrals and 85 students exited the program after maintaining an 80% attendance rate for at least eight weeks; staff also discussed a spring celebration of the arts and a pending retirement.
The committee received a report from the Regional Office of Education that as of Feb. 17 there were 742 active truancy referrals in Peoria County and 85 students had exited the program after meeting the program’s attendance threshold.
Carol, who presented the truancy report, said staff have documented 3,945 home and school visits and about 1,352 phone calls and messages as part of casework and outreach. Carol said the office has been developing incentives to encourage attendance, including a pilot partnership with Woodruff that would connect students to barbering and hair-braiding programs as attendance incentives.
Regional Office staff also discussed use of the county’s new Health & Human Services facility for meetings and events and said they plan to include student artwork from Peoria County in the building’s public spaces during the spring celebration of the arts. One Regional Office representative said they had submitted official retirement paperwork; that paperwork will follow the agency’s personnel processes and be reflected in future meeting packets.
Carol said she will provide updated data at the next meeting; staff noted recent media appearances highlighting the partnership efforts and that there are standing meetings now being held in the new facility’s community room.
The committee received the report as informational; there were no formal decisions or votes on program changes.
