tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264263663584311069.post2554787848570169491..comments2017-10-11T06:59:46.586-04:00Comments on The YorkCounts Blog: Documentary chronicles one town's truancy fightYorkCountshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441535704844356477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264263663584311069.post-24258872634283837702010-01-19T09:03:42.249-05:002010-01-19T09:03:42.249-05:00Anonymous, you are absolutely right that it takes ...Anonymous, you are absolutely right that it takes a multi-pronged approach. In York County, Focus on our Future deals with the early childhood part by increasing the availability of licensed day care facilities. Parental involvement is being addressed with the help of a recently announced $50,000 grant to the United Way to develop a program help parents be more involved with their children's education. It's a huge undertaking, for the reasons you mentioned. Thanks for you comment.YorkCountshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10441535704844356477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264263663584311069.post-82242100295841543752010-01-16T16:55:03.116-05:002010-01-16T16:55:03.116-05:00I believe that efforts described by York,s truancy...I believe that efforts described by York,s truancy fight are one way to prevent truancy. However, as a retired elementary teacher in the City of York, that the effort has to be three pronged. (1) early childhood education aged four; (2) parental mandatory involvement - many parents are teen-age dropouts themselves who are 3rd generation dropouts who do not know how to parent effectively, or even, how to communicate adequately with words to their toddlers and young children; they do not know how to listen to their children, or how to read to their children; or how to turn off the TV when the child should be doing homework,or engaging in family communication.<br />Without early prevention, by grade six, the child can already feel like a misfit in school. Let's hope that we can look at the whole picture, not just wait until truancy is a real problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com