Students also confirm the importance of parents. Jr. Monica Tapia, a senior, agrees. Now it's harder. Sophomore Justin Jones adds that security monitors who patrol inside and outside the building also deter students from skipping school. Every day, each makes about 80 calls, keeping meticulous records in ledger books.
Foreman says most truants mend their ways after spending time in the alternative attendance area.
They may have spent the last two days in a Kosovo-like setting without any stability or love or caring or even the basic necessities of life in their homes. Prosser also tries to motivate students to attend school regularly with more extracurricular activities and monthly contests for best division attendance. Mandatory tutoring for freshmen and sophomores aims to catch students before they fail and eventually drop out. She says tutoring, coupled with firm attendance rules, are paying off. If we didn't have this policy, I think we would lose a lot more kids.