Mission
In partnership with the community, we will
continually improve all educational
services to prepare our students today for
a successful tomorrow
Innovative Programs
Center for
Innovative
Learning
Granville
Online
School (GO)
Dropout
Prevention
Innovative
Programs
GCS Virtual
Enterprise
International
Day
Treatment
Juvenile
Attendance
Council
(JAC)
JAC
• Judicial Attendance Council of Granville
County
Purpose of JAC
The purpose of the Judicial Attendance
Council is to assist the Granville County
School System in addressing the needs of
families in violation of the Compulsory
Attendance Law without resorting to judicial
action.
Purpose…continued
The Judicial Council will serve as a
diversionary program instead of charging
the parent(s) or children with truancy. The
focus of the Council will be to determine
solutions the council members can offer the
family to avoid future truancy problems.
Eligibility
• Families that are in violation of the Compulsory
Attendance Law (G.S.115C-378)
• Families that are consistently truant due to
ongoing problems
• School Administrators may utilize past
attendance records to determine whether a
family should be referred to the council
Referral Process
• Schools seek assistance from District
Attendance Officer after they have
exhausted their resources
• Attendance Officer meets with the
family and the school to make a
contract
• Attendance Officer makes referral to
JAC Coordinator if contract is violated
Referral Process…continued
• JAC Coordinator interviews the family and
invites them to JAC
• JAC Coordinator and parent agree on a
date and an official letter is delivered to
the parent via local law enforcement
• JAC Coordinator briefs the council with
background information
Referral Process…continued
• Council makes recommendations to the
family
• JAC Coordinator follow-up with families
and service providers for a period of
time as determined by the council
• Families that fail to appear before the
council or fail to follow the council’s
recommendations will be charged
through the regular judicial process
Judicial Oversight
• The Honorable Carolyn J. Yancey
• The Honorable S. Quon Bridges
Council Members
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District Attorney’s Office
District Court Judge
Granville County Schools
GC Department of Social Services
Five County Mental Health Authority
Department of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency
Prevention
• Oxford Police Department
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Granville County Sheriff’s Department
Clergy
Families Living Violence Free
Interpreter (as needed)
Total Resource Foundation
Oxford Housing Authority
Juvenile Community Service and Teen Court
Successes
• Families that comply continue to use
resources after they have been
terminated from JAC
• Families learn how to request assistance
from the schools
• Students find new interests that forces
them to make school a priority
(volunteering, sports, etc.)
Challenges
• Funding to employ enough personnel to
adequately manage truancy
• Identifying the families that have a
genuine need for assistance
• Addressing the needs of the habitually
truant families
Innovative Programs
Dr. Timothy J. Farley, Superintendent
Dr. Michael A. Myrick, Presenter
Director of Innovative Programs
myrickm@gcs.k12.nc.us
(919) 693-4613
www.gcs.k12.nc.us