Show juvenile judge asks for parent cooperation fd D C sparks reports that irregular attendance in school causes lack of interest in checking the district I 1 find there are a few pupils still out of school and apparently making no effort to be excused or enter school this should be taken care of immediately if parents can keep their children interested and in school they need not worry about their children becoming delinquent and especially ally if they receive religious training regularly A very distressing fact is that parents are arc continually keeping keep i ng their children out to work and for various other reasons no doubt in most cases it is legitimate but it is the big contributing factor that causes children to lose interest in school and eventually stop entirely many parents say there is no use putting that boy or girl in school I 1 he I 1 e or s she h 0 as the cas case C may be never does anything and interested and why because that boy or girl never has the chance of attending school regularly tile the greatest injustice that can be done to any boy or girl is 13 to allow them to remain out of school or to in herrup their daily attendance not only that you are contributing to their delinquency in the worst way out of 50 cases handled in the juvenile court in tile eighth district only 15 were at all interested in school in other words only 30 per cent had tile the slightest 1 interest in school this would tend ito to prove that an effective effect way to combat juvenile delinquency ency would bo be to see that all children between 9 and 18 are arc in regular aWn attendance dance at school for their own development and the welfare of society parents your cooperation is needed and wo we solicit it in perfecting fec ting adjusting and maintaining the interest of your children in the public schools of duchesne county D C SPARKS coordinator and juvenile judge |