| PROJECT:
Discuss cause of Truancy and make recommendations to correct
problem.
Causes:
Lack of knowledge concerning the importance of education
Lacks of knowledge concerning realities of prison
Low self-esteem
Lack of parental involvement
Lack of parental and student skills in handling the problem.
Recommendations for Correction:
Mentoring (student to student in addition to adult to student)
Parenting Classes
Teacher Involvement (student/parent/teacher conference)
Positive incentives to reinforce good behavior
PALS
Parenting classes in both English and Spanish
Teacher instruction on dealing with difficult students
Improved communication between authority figures, student, school, & parents
Consistency in the classroom
Visual aids for enhanced awareness
One on one conference between Judge and problem student
Field trips to foster homes, wilderness camps, and prisons to view first hand
The consequences of illegal activity, runaway, & violence
Educate on importance of self respect
Learning to love self and others
Encourage appreciation of life and a persons’ importance in the community
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PROJECT:
Students prepared, implemented and analyzed a "spot
check” citizen survey
in Horizon Park subdivision.
The students, who were assisted by police department staff,
had only five days to complete the project. They distributed
36 surveys and 24 were returned.They
succeeded
in producing survey results that will be used in the coming
months by police administration to better serve the Horizon
Park community.
What they found:
Information contained in the analysis of the surveys indicate
that a large percentage (66%) of Horizon Park community citizens
feel safe in the neighborhood and are most concerned with
speeding vehicles, drug use/distribution and curfew violations.
The survey analysis further indicated the citizens desire
to have more crime prevention programs in their neighborhood
along with a citizen patrol program.
Results
Chief Don Hatcher stated
that the Leander High School students did an outstanding
job in helping the police department better
understand
the
concerns and needs of the Horizon Park citizens and the department
will implement programs to help answer those needs.
Chief
Hatcher advised that “directed patrol,” focusing
on speeding vehicles, has been implemented and a “Citizens
Patrol” program is in the development stage and will
utilize Citizen Police Academy alumni.
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