truant officer
School absence chaser
A truant officer is a school or government employee responsible for investigating and addressing student absences.
The role involves tracking down children who skip school and ensuring compliance with compulsory education laws.
The position has largely been replaced by or renamed to attendance officer or school social worker: The truant officer showed up at our door asking why I'd missed so many days.
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- skipping schoolUnauthorized absence from class
- skiverSoft split leather
- cutting classUnexcused absence from school
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
chase · compulsory · compulsory education · search · knock on the door · social worker · school · report · report card · attendance · hooky · student · juvenile court · juvenile delinquency · tardy · school attendance · enforcement · clipboard
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, tardy, excused
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- community workersfirefighter, paramedic, EMT, mail carrier, sanitation worker
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- functionariesregistrar, assessor, auditor, inspector, recorder
truant officerschool counselor
Student mental health support staff
guidance counselor · school social worker · youth mentor · child psychologist · family therapist
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