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  • Texas honor student thrown in jail for missing school: 11th-grader working two jobs...

    05/28/2012 6:05:44 PM PDT · by AndyJackson · 128 replies
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | May 26, 2012
    A 17-year-old high school student working two jobs to support her siblings, while juggling college-level classes, spent 24 hours in jail this week for missing too much school, KHOU 11 News reported. Diane Tran, an 11th-grader at Willis High School in Willis, Texas said she was often too exhausted to get to school in time. Judge Lanny Moriarty said he warned the student last month not to miss any more classes or she would be violating truancy law, KHOU 11 News reported. When she missed school again, he had her thrown in jail. "If you let one run loose, what...