[Publib] skipping school

[Ann Bever]

I do know some of our kids are home schooled and safely assume some may be out sick, suspended, etc.  For the kids skipping school, I am glad they are hanging out in the library rather than on the street...though it's so hot right now, they don't have much of a choice on where to hang out.  

At the end of the day, I didn't feel comfortable with having confronted the kids about their truancy, but I wish they were in school getting the education they need. 

I'm a freshly minted librarian and experiencing many of these things for the first time, so your advice is much appreciated.

Ann Bever
Dallas Public Library



Diedre Conkling <diedrec at charter.net> wrote: Unless there is some library policy they are breaking then I don't know why you would take any action.  They should be treated with the care and respect you would give to any one using the library.  I think it is a good sign that teens would even think of the library as a place to go.  

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Diedre Conkling
     
  Lincoln County Library District
  P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR  97365
  Phone & Fax:  541-265-3066
  http://lcld.library-blogs.net/
  Work:  diedre at beachbooks.org
  Home:  diedrec at charter.net
   

---- Ann Bever  wrote: 

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School started this week and we're already seeing older kids playing hookie.  I called one of our nearby high schools asking if they could send a truancy officer over and their reply was they don't have an off-campus patrol and to call 911 on the kids.

I'm not too keen on calling 911 for school skippers so I thought I'd ask others on how best to deal with a situation like this.  In our case, we let them know we were aware of what they were doing and told them there WAS a truancy officer who regularly patroled the libraries.   

Ann Bever
Dallas Public Library


   
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