Personal Approach to Truancy Shows Success in Summer School

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › July 26, 2004

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Personal approach to truancy shows success in summer school

Persistence pays off in reaching at-risk 8th-graders

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Personal Approach to Truancy Shows Success in Summer School

By SARAH CARR scarr@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Monday, July 26, 2004

Justin has no second chances left.

It's 10 a.m. -- an hour past the official start time of eighth- grade summer school -- and no one answers the phone when Jodie Ebbinger calls his house. She can't leave a message because there is no answering machine.

Justin already has missed class twice this session. If he misses again, he can be dropped from the program. He need...

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