Peer Court to Tackle Truancy Trouble [commercial-news.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/15/194:00 AM

By Carol Roehm, Commercial-News, September 29, 2019

Vermilion County students who are truant or have issues with chronic absenteeism now will have the option of answering to their peers rather than to a courtroom judge.

Maria Sermersheim became the new truancy coordinator for the Vermilion County Regional Office of Education on Aug. 13. She also will continue her work as the local Peer Court coordinator.

“She brings great experience working with youth in Peer Court,” former truancy officer Tricia Keith, who now is the Regional Office of Education’s program coordinator and homeless coordinator, said of Sermersheim.

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