Salem Police, S-K School District Want to Remind Parents of Daytime Curfew For Kids

Youth under 18 years of age seen off campus during school hours may be stopped and questioned by police officers.

Photo courtesy: raisingkids.co.uk

(SALEM) - Salem police would like to remind parents that Salem has a daytime curfew for kids under the age of 18.

The Salem-Keizer School District is working with law enforcement and the Juvenile Department to keep kids from skipping school.

The focus is on keeping youths from gathering in public areas during regular school hours.

Youth with proper ID and authorization to be off campus if met by an officer will be quickly released.

Students that are skipping, however, will be returned to school, their families contacted and appropriate action taken.

Offending students not enrolled at any school or without proper ID will be taken to Roberts High School on State Street.

Roberts staff will check student records, arrange for parent pickup, assess the student academically and, if needed, schedule an enrollment appointment.

If you believe that your child has been skipping school, please don’t wait for a police officer to call you.

Instead, contact your child’s school, and find out how all of us together can help your child reconnect with school and build success.

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I wish they would give a little more info. My son is under 18 and has his GED - legally, he's out of school. Now what?

Joel: Good points. Maybe Chamber of Commerce can fit this one in somehow rather than ongoing Social Darwinism stuff. SJ could do constant-running community-suggestion box on Edit or that cluttered Page Two, as undistorted effort for change.

Shouldn't that be wants and not what to remind you?

This is good to know. BUT: what's being done to "get the word out" to the real target audience - kids skipping school? AND - how about drafting merchants to cooperate - maybe a "We Card - during school hours" placard instead of "it's not our problem." I'm just saying...

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