Recollections of a Truant Officer: And Other Stories Told After School

“Recollections of a Truant Officer” is a collection of on the job anecdotes. It traces the journey of a classroom teacher in the N.Y.C. Public schools in the inner city. He notices that some of his absent students live on the same block as the school. He decides to visit them during his lunch period. While entering a building, he is interrupted by a man who explains it is job to visit and determine why students are truanting from school. He is an Attendance Teacher, often known as a Truant ...