Educational Welfare Officer

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(in Britain) a local education authority worker whose job it is to find out whether difficulties outside school are contributing to a child's classroom problems or irregular attendance and who may intervene to help the child to benefit more from schoolingFormer names: school attendance officer, truancy officer

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“Barbarism,” said retired NYPD Officer Jim Smith on Thursday.
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In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.
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Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.
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The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
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Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
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But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.
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And now I am going on to a review of the broad facts of the educational organization of our present world.
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The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
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That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.
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