Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-19 | Page 12 | Truant Officers Clayton Submits Report to Board

TRUANT OFFICER CLAYTON SUBMITS REPORT TO BOARD Truant Officer Clayton, of the hoard of education has submitted a very Interesting Interest-ing report to the hoard, covering the school year undine May 20, 1 90S. The report re-port follows: Number of eases of runaway investigated, investi-gated, IS I; girls reported from schools, 0. Boys found on streets, 27: reported from schools. 1 IS. Number of cases of absence investigated. investi-gated. ST; girls reported from schools, 30: reported through other sources, I; boys found on streets. S; reported from schools, 15; reported through other sources, 10. Number of children attending no school, Ilfil: girls found on streets, 2; found at work, 2: reported from schools, 21: reported report-ed through other sources, ::G; boys found on streets, H5; found at work. 11; reported from schools. 77; reported through other sources. MO. Number of certificates of exemption granted. S15: girls where mother Is a widow, :i0; where mother or father Is an invalid.' S; temporary certificates granted on account of slcknoss. 11; on account of physical, or mental condition certified by a competent physician. G; having completed com-pleted the eighth grade. 1. where child has neither father nor mother, 1; boys where mother Is n widow. 01; where mother or father is an Invalid. 2S: whore children have moved Into elty too late to enter school advantageously. 3; temporary certificates cer-tificates granted on account of sickness, 32; on account of physical or mental condition, con-dition, certified by a competent physician, I 21; having completed the eighth grade. 8; ! where child has neither father nor mother. moth-er. 6. Miscellaneous, 65 number of certificates certifi-cates revoked, t: number of temporary certificates extended. 10: number of homes visited. nSO: for truancy, 123; for absence. 3C; for non-attendance. 3-K!; for miscellaneous offenses, :iG; notifications of iccpilrcinents of law. (i. Employer by personal visits. C; patents. 651; by letter, 03; by personal visits, 5SS: miscellaneous cases investigated. 69; stores and factories visited, S7; non-enrolled children placed in school, -19: number num-ber of visits to schools, G5; number of visits to places of amusement. 90; num-hor num-hor of cases referred to Juvenile court, .".C; number of cairs placed on probation. proba-tion. 17.