Communities in Schools Program, Juvenile Assessment Center Case Management Program, Juvenile Dept. Mentoring and after school programs keep youth focussed on positive versus negative influences to stay in school. Cakes program offers tutoring, snacks and recreational time from 4-6pm. Summer School-Remedial programs. Counseling, tutoring, Saturday School.
Some local schools seem to do better than others, but reasons are unclear.
Need formal study of transition, retention strategies. At San Diego High School we provide students who are at risk of dropping out with programs such as Nova-net, summer school and after school tutorials. We have recently applied for a grant to fund a special program targeting 9 th graders who are at-risk of dropping out of school. In addition to addressing academics, the proposal for the 9 th grade initiative grant has included a component addressing social skills as well. Involved parents definitely make a positive difference.