• Originally published October 26, 2009 at 7:56 a.m., updated October 26, 2009 at 8:58 a.m.

PORT LAVACA, Texas (AP) — A voluntary boot camp started a decade ago in Calhoun County to support the juvenile probation system is expected to reopen next month.

The program was temporarily suspended weeks before the start of the school term due to budget and referral concerns.

The Victoria Advocate reports the likely reopening date is Nov. 2.

The juvenile probation board stopped the boot camp because the county had discussed cutting funding. Judge Alex Hernandez, who chairs the board, also said school officials had been referring children to the program more often than judges.

The boot camp ran a 90-day court-ordered program and a 30-day program to which school administrators referred students, in part to avoid expelling the youths.

Superintendent Larry Nichols says the school district has agreed it would no longer make its own referrals.

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Information from: The Victoria Advocate, http://www.victoriaadvocate.com

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