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Mom Arrested, Shackled Over Son's Unexcused School Absences
insider.foxnews.com ^ | May 21, 2015

Posted on 05/22/2015 5:25:17 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

A Georgia mother and substitute teacher says she was arrested and placed in shackles because of her son's unexcused absences.

Julie Giles reportedly wrote on Facebook that a warrant had been issued for her arrest after her son tallied 12 unexcused absences from school.

The total is six more than the Screven County school district allows. Giles argued that her son's doctor re-issued a note for three of the absences, meaning she would be arrested over a total of three absences.

Giles said she was briefly placed in ankle shackles, with police saying it was normal procedure. She was released and given a court date in July, but faces jail time.

Giles said her son is an A and B student, but often misses school because of illness. Due to higher copays than she can afford, she said sometimes she must keep her children home without being able to get a doctor's note.

WTOC-TV reported:

Screven County Schools Superintendent, William Bland, says this is not unusual, that they are following the law, and that "several" parents have already been convicted in these situations this school year, after not being able to work out a solution with school officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: education
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To: ilovesarah2012

The only reason for shackling a suspect should be that they are an extreme flight risk or are highly likely to be violent.

This is just plain stupid!


21 posted on 05/22/2015 5:59:32 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: ilovesarah2012

6 absences is a crime these days?

Jeez, in highschool I don’t think I even attended half my classes.

Of course, I was smart enough to come sign in for the day before bolting for the exit.

Today, the same school has metal detectors, cameras and alarms on all exits. G’dam prison!


22 posted on 05/22/2015 6:00:12 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: ilovesarah2012

My point of view is coming from some experience vs a certain mind set. I received a letter from our principal a few years back that my youngest had spent a lot of time out of school. True. Of course, what isn’t known is that each child/each year is different with respect to health. This year... she’s been healthy as a horse. The only absences were half days and they were for dental and doctor appointments. The year she was sick a lot was due to pink eye, stomach bug, bronchitus, and the flu. It was a bad, bad year for it.

My pet peeve is this: many working parents don’t want to take off of work when their kid is sick. They give Tylenol in the morning and a shot of Advil just before getting them to school. The Tylenol drops the fever quickly; the Advil keeps the fever at bay for “hopefully” the rest of the day. Of course, neither do anything for infecting the other kids or the then infection of the parents/siblings. The school nurse has told me privately that she is appalled at how many parents will say, “oh, they threw up in class? Well, there is only four hours left” or “I can’t get out of work. Can they stay in the nurse’s office the rest of the day?”

This all has to do with funding IMHO. A good parent will write a sick note, and request any and all material that the child needs to complete. A good parent also knows that a child with a fever, vomiting, etc.. can’t do WELL at school because they are sick. If I have the flu, Bronchitus, or an infection... I don’t do much either. I give my body time to heal.


23 posted on 05/22/2015 6:06:27 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: wintertime
The important questions to ask here are, “Why do we have compulsory education laws?

Since any women can pop out a child regardless of her ability to properly raise them, having compulsory education laws are a very good thing...

I know as a society we are completely failing a large portion our children through corrupted school system, teachers unions and a host of other societal ills...but a educated population is what a civil growing culture does to maintain a level of prosperity and peace...

To many parents "free assembly" means free to do nothing to educate their children...

24 posted on 05/22/2015 6:09:03 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Popman

I don’t think kicking butt would do much for a stomach virus, which is what the kid had, according to the mom on Fox & Friends today. I’m pretty sure vomiting and diarrhea are a good excuse for staying home.


25 posted on 05/22/2015 6:09:58 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

She has a gofundme page. Hmmm...


26 posted on 05/22/2015 6:13:45 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

What a load of horse sh!t. Shackled, arrested and jail time because of 12 (or 3) unexcused absences for her child? WTF are these lawmakers thinking?
Lets not work with the family lets just THROW GOOD PEOPLE IN JAIL!


27 posted on 05/22/2015 6:15:46 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Popman

The Nornvirus, or any stomach bug, can set you back several days and there is nothing the doctor can do. Why pay $100+ to go to the doctor just to get a not. Bottom line is it is none of the state’s business unless there is a real concern for the child’s welfare. That said, my son has 3 more weeks for perfect attendence for the year. He did get a stomach bug, but luckily, it was over a weekend during Christmas break.


28 posted on 05/22/2015 6:17:04 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: ilovesarah2012
"Giles said she was briefly placed in ankle shackles, with police saying it was normal procedure."

Coming soon, brief cavity searches... you know, "normal procedure".

29 posted on 05/22/2015 6:19:15 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: fatnotlazy

I like that. I have well behaved kids who attend school, but once they are there, they could bolt and do whatever, I don’t have control of that.
If the thought of THEM being arrested and put in foster care or boys home didn’t scare them, nothing I could do would.


30 posted on 05/22/2015 6:19:40 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Repeal The 17th

Bingo. You nailed it. It’s all about the attendance rates and reporting back to FedGov. The kid is a statistic.


31 posted on 05/22/2015 6:21:20 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: CatherineofAragon
I’m pretty sure vomiting and diarrhea are a good excuse for staying home.

I'm sure it is...but 12 times ?

I didn't listen to the fox report...does the kid have some sort of chronic illness ?

32 posted on 05/22/2015 6:21:28 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: momtothree

I forgot to add: quantity over quality. Little girl got straight A’s in everything even with the sick days. This boy has A’s and B’s. Now.. the same school will have kids who don’t do their homework and have C/D level grades at best. However, they have completed the number of required school days. Those students won’t be addressed.


33 posted on 05/22/2015 6:21:50 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: wintertime

The child is on the honor roll according to the mom. She is not some drug-addled single mom in a trailer park.

Please do not jump to conclusions without facts. That is what liberals do.


34 posted on 05/22/2015 6:23:05 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: AppyPappy; All

I’m sure that when he enters adulthood, he will, LIKE MANY OF US, get his butt up every morning and go to work even if he does have a runny nose or tummy ache. Yep, he’ll be responsible then and even go to work when he feels a little bad. (Do I really need it? OK.... /s)


35 posted on 05/22/2015 6:23:36 AM PDT by Din Maker (247 elected to the House is is the most since 1928. 54 in the Senate is one off the modern high of 5)
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To: Popman

Public schools are not educating children. It will only get worse.


36 posted on 05/22/2015 6:27:13 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: AppyPappy
Illness? We call that “meth” around here.

Wrong

We home schooled , but she went to 3 years of high school. She suffered from allergies and the school refused to let her bring medicine (benedryl) to school & refused to let me bring it to her if she called me.

I said fine, FU. She doesn't feel well, she's not coming to school. She was an all A student in all advanced classes, a senior at 15.

The school demanded that I come in come a conference before one of their kangaroo court tribunals after she missed 12 days one year. I refused. I suggested they go after the dozens and dozens of "students" with failing grades that had missed 60 days of school and given fake addresses and phone numbers. The school rep admitted that they had 1/2 hour "conference" slots with parents filled for all day every day as far as the eye could see. She was forced to admit that they really didn't have one slot to waste on a straight A student.

I also pointed out that she could go back to home schooling and Polk County could give up its $2100 a year in federal money. I think that was really the decider. I used that retort multiple time over the years and they folded every time. The dirty little secret is that the milk from the federal teat is based on meeting a number of student days. A student misses over X number of days and $$ is withheld. The public school system is run by money grubbing whores.

37 posted on 05/22/2015 6:29:02 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: ilovesarah2012

But the disruptive inner city yutes’ parents get a total pass, eh?
Is that some sort of “privilege”, or just a reduced expectation of behavior?


38 posted on 05/22/2015 6:30:27 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Popman

If I remember correctly, the mom said it was really only three unexcused days. According to her, six are allowed by the school system, and they did provide a doctor’s note for an additional three. The remaining three were caused by the stomach bug.


39 posted on 05/22/2015 6:31:00 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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To: Repeal The 17th
Do you think it is their concern for the child’s education? No, it is because of the federal $$$ tied to school attendance.
Bingo - we have a winner! I live in a suburb of Rochester NY where winters are just brutal.
Instead of canceling schools on (borderline) bad winter days and losing all those tax dollars, the latest "workaround" is to have everyone report to school two hours later than normal.
As if two hours makes a difference when it's 5 degrees, snowing and blowing.
40 posted on 05/22/2015 6:32:04 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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