Truancy conference set for Saturday

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The community is invited to attend the Long Beach Truancy Conference on Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., at Cabrillo High School, 2001 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach.

Hosted by the city's Department of Health and Human Services, the truancy conference - titled "On Time, Every Time" - will provide students, parents and community leaders with education, information and an opportunity to dialogue about ways to prevent truancy and create a success-oriented school.

The conference includes: ยท Doug Haubert, Long Beach City Prosecutor; the Honorable John Lawson II, site judge, Long Beach Juvenile Court;  Nancy Theberge, Public Defenders Office;  Lydia Bodin, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to Abolish Chronic Truancy (ACT) orogram; Claire Vermillion, referee, Long Beach Informal Juvenile Traffic Court;  Dr. Rick Tebbano, Long Beach Unified School District truancy coordinator;  Lt. Ty Hatfield, Long Beach Police Department; Marisol Ibanez, Poly Academy Of Achievers and Leaders (PAAL) program; Marc Rothenberg, attorney; and Councilman Dee Andrews.

The conference includes a resource fair, Spanish and Khmer translation services, free continental breakfast and lunch, free supply-filled school bags for the first 150 participating students, and a prize raffle.

For more details, call 562.864.3722 or or email jfarber@vfnet.com.


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