Students in the Newport News (Virginia) high schools who are absent from classes frequently without excuses or who are consistently disruptive are transferred from the regular program to an afterschool program that meets at a different site. These transfers are effective for at least 2 months and students may only be rotated back at the end of a semester. The students take four classes, have no free time, and are denied access to their home schools. The purpose of the program, called Project P/R, is to deny truant students the social aspects of schooling that they desire until they improve their behavior. Support for the project was elicited from the police and the judiciary. The program has proved successful: attendance climbed 1.9 percent in just 8 months, in-school suspensions fell 49 percent, the dropout rate declined from 5.9 percent to 3.7 percent, out of school suspensions were down 41 percent, and fewer crimes were committed by students. The program allowed elimination of four teachers handling in-school suspensions (saving $50,000 a year), reduced administrative time devoted to discipline and attendance by 50 percent, and raised teacher morale. A detailed description of the program is appended. (PGD)