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Oldham begins job to help decrease student truancy
By Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
Posted Sep 06, 2008 @ 09:01 PM
GRAND ISLAND —
The
second phase of the Grand Island public schools' "poverty plan" got
under way this past week as Chief Deputy Hall County Attorney Michelle
Oldham began her new duties for the district.
Oldham will work 18 hours per week -- with that portion of her salary
paid by the school district -- in a new program designed to cut down on
student absenteeism.
A key part of the poverty plan is the new bus transportation system
that provides students with a reliable ride to get to classes each day.
Oldham has an office at Walnut Middle School, but her mission is to
reduce student absenteeism in 17 of Grand Island's 18 schools. That
list includes all 14 elementary schools, plus its three middle schools,
which include Barr and Westridge.
Oldham and Jim Werth, assistant superintendent for student services,
will not work on absenteeism at Senior High because compulsory
education ends at age 16, an age most students reach as sophomores.
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