USAG Grafenwöhr seeking solution for truancy issue

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USAG Grafenwöhr seeking solution for truancy issue
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, January 6, 2008

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Many children in U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwöhr are absent from school more than one-quarter of the time, and the garrison commander says the only sanction available to the Army is sending families back to the States.

In a command message last month, Col. Brian Boyle appealed to parents for help.

“Recently many children are missing school. Not just a little bit but a whole lot,” he said.

“While agencies have different standards, one that I use is 25 percent. I think a child has missed a lot of school if they have missed over 25 percent of school days for a grading period.”

Maggie Menzies, a spokeswoman for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe, confirmed Friday that principals and teachers have reported high rates of absenteeism in USAG Grafenwöhr, which includes schools at Vilseck, Hohenfels and Grafenwöhr. DODDS will provide statistics on the absentee rate for the garrison on Monday, she added.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=51444



uhc comment: One of the reasons this has occurred is Col. Boyle's standards. He classifies "a lot of school" as "over 25 percent". :wtf: