These strategies are components of truancy-prevention programs in effect throughout the United States. That activity was probably minor compared to the exploits of many chronically truant students today. Truancy has become a national problem. And kids are not the only losers when they don't attend school or when they miss hours of school each day.
Society loses as well.
Local approaches to the problem of school attendance take several forms. In Boston, Massachusetts, latecomers are locked out of school. In Virginia, some driving privileges may be restricted. In Chester, Pennsylvania, community service is required for truants. In New York City, welfare payments are cut for families of truants.