ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOW PART OF A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT TRUANCY. THE PROGRAM PAIRS STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF TRUANCY WITH MENTORS, WHO THEN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENT ATTENDS SCHOOL.
THE PROGRAM … CALLED “MY BROTHER’S KEEPER” … WILL BE LAUNCHED AT APS THIS FALL. MORE THAN 13 PERCENT OF ABQ PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT IN 2015. MEANWHILE, 19 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION ARE ALSO LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM. THAT INCLUDES DISTRICTS IN THE CITIES OF LOS ANGELES, DALLAS, DETROIT AND CLEVELAND.
