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Area Schools Deal With New State Truancy Laws
There are new laws on the books that deal with a growing problem of truancy. The hope is to keep students in school and engaged in the subject material. Area schools continue to try and curb the problem, but according to Forest City Community Schools Superintendent Darwin Lehmann, his district also has a few truancy issues.
Forest City schools take extra step to bring students mental health care
A school district in northern Iowa is finding success in recruiting mental health professionals to practice within its school buildings. Darwin Lehmann, superintendent of the Forest City Community Schools, says they’ve made adjustments and discovered if students can’t get to the counselors, they’ll bring the counselors to the students.
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