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How the TCP Works with Schools
The success of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the
Courts Truancy Court Program (TCP) depends on effective collaboration with participating
schools. TCP staff work closely with a TCP School Team, which may include the principal,
vice principal, attendance monitor, IEP coordinator, and/or the school’s homeless
liaison, among others. The school’s contact person serves as the primary liaison with
the TCP, attends weekly TCP activities and manages TCP logistics throughout each session.
The TCP School Team stays in close contact with teachers of TCP students, who provide
weekly reports regarding students’ classroom experiences throughout the TCP session.
Teachers and TCP School Team offer positive reinforcement to students to reward improvement.
TCP sessions run for 10 weeks for elementary students and 12–14 weeks for middle/high
school students, with sessions in both Fall and Spring. The TCP School Team selects
20–25 students to participate in each session. An early intervention model, the TCP
targets students with 5–30 unexcused absences and/or tardies in the two marking periods
before the start of the TCP, in the belief that these students still have academic,
social and emotional connections to the school. The TCP is also a preventive program,
aiming to identify and address the root causes of truancy, and actively links children
and their families with needed social services and other supports, in an effort to
keep children in school.
The TCP operates in schools with the aim to improve and strengthen the students’ and
their parents’/caregivers’ connection to the school environment. A key goal is to
build relationships that keep students and their parents/caregivers engaged and involved
with their schools even after the TCP session has ended.
Participating Schools and Districts
2019–2020 District: Baltimore City Academy of College & Career Exploration (ACCE) Baltimore Design School Furley Elementary School Mt. Royal Elementary/Middle School Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy 2018–2019 District: Baltimore City Baltimore Design School Frederick Douglas High School Furley Elementary School Mt. Royal Elementary/Middle School REACH! Partnership School 2017–2018 District: Baltimore City Furley Elementary School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Mt. Royal Elementary/Middle School REACH! Partnership School Reginald F. Lewis School of Business and Law 2016–2017 District: Baltimore City Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School National Academy Foundation (NAF) Reginald F. Lewis School of Business and Law 2015–2016 Districts: Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School New Era Academy North County High School Reginald F. Lewis School of Business and Law 2014–2015 District: Baltimore City Green Street Academy James McHenry Elementary/Middle School Reginald F. Lewis School of Business and Law Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School 2013–2014 Districts: Baltimore City, Montgomery County A Mario Loiederman Middle School Argyle Middle School City Springs Elementary/Middle School Henderson Hopkins Elementary/Middle School Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle School National Academy Foundation (NAF) Roberto Clemente Middle School Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School 2012–2013 Districts: Baltimore City, Montgomery County Collington Square Elementary/Middle School Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School National Academy Foundation (NAF) New Era Academy Patterson High School Samuel Coleridge Taylor Elementary School Violetville Elementary/Middle School Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School 2011–2012 Districts: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Montgomery County Collington Square Elementary School Francis Scott Key Middle School Golden Ring Middle School Hampden Elementary School New Era Academy Violetville Elementary/Middle School 2010–2011 Districts: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Montgomery County Barclay Elementary/Middle School Brooklyn Park Middle School City Springs Elementary/Middle School Francis Scott Key Middle School Golden Ring Middle School Hampden Elementary School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School Meade Middle School Neelsville Middle School Patterson High School Southwest Academy Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School Violetville Elementary/Middle School 2009–2010 Districts: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Montgomery County Barclay Elementary/Middle School Brooklyn Park Middle School City Springs Elementary/Middle School Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School Frederick Douglass High School Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Meade Middle School Neelsville Middle School Patterson High School Steuart Hill Academic Academy Winston Middle School 2008–2009 District: Baltimore City Barclay Elementary/Middle School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Patterson High School Steuart Hill Academic Academy Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School William Lemmel Middle School 2007–2008 District: Baltimore City Barclay Elementary/Middle School Calverton Elementary/Middle School Canton Middle School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Patterson High School Waverly Elementary School William Lemmel Middle School 2006–2007 District: Baltimore City Barclay Elementary/Middle School Guilford Elementary and Middle School Holabird Elementary School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Pimlico Middle School 2005-2006 District: Baltimore City Canton Middle School Elmer A. Henderson Elementary School Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School Holabird Elementary School Southeast Middle School
