Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 2 | Truancy Check is Court Help

TRUANCY CHECK CHECKIS IS COURT HELP Close check on school truancy Is providing the juvenile court a new and valuable we weapon pon in its effort to aid delinquent children Howard L. L Gee chief probation officer of the court reported d Saturday Since tho the start of the school year weekly reports reports' on the daily attendance at attendance attendance at at- of each of the more than boys bos and girls on probation have been forwarded for to tho c court urt by school officials There is a definite relationship between truancy and other forms of delinquency Mr Gee said and by keeping close check on school attendance attendance at at- we can adapt our supervision sion more closely to th the tho needs of those on probation Juvenile court workers have learned from experience that youngsters young young- stirs playing hookey from school are strongly are strongly tempted to get into somo other kind of mischief Including in including In- In eluding theft Our job Is to prevent that The attendance reports come from all aU tho the high schools schooL of the he city and andl a large number of grade schools It used to be bo difficult to keep check on the s school hool progress of boys and girls o on probation Mr Ge Gee Gec explained The present plan not only has eliminated that difficulty difficulty culty but has resulted in markedly improved relationships between the schools and the court Fewer casts cases arc are being referred to us than in past years