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Wednesday, August 01, 2012  Updated with video; In our Facebook Story of the Day you wanted to know how the Dougherty County School System is doing to combat absences during the beginning of the school year.

Monday, August 01, 2011  Updated with video; Officials say first day school attendance is up from last year.

Monday, July 25, 2011  Updated with video; Project Shield CEO, Prince Edwards presented the findings of a truancy survey to the Dougherty County Commission Monday.

Thursday, July 21, 2011 

Monday, July 18, 2011  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System, which has wrestled with truancy in years past, will release student schedules early this year, an attempt to boost first day attendance and avoid confusion.

Saturday, December 04, 2010  Parents learned about their rights and resources to help them raise their children.

Thursday, January 28, 2010  Michael Taylor has spent the past five months at Turner Elementary School volunteering for Project Shield.

Monday, December 29, 2008  City and county officials have taken one Dougherty County elementary school under their wing to start a pilot program to combat truancy, tardiness, and crime.