Next... CPS gets involved... She goes to jail and we support the kids for the rest of his life.
The kid should be taken away from the mother, she’s too stupid to raise a kid.
Do they arrest illegal aliens for missing school?
Time to repeal mandatory education and compulsory attendance laws.
They are as useful and effective as “The War on Drugs”. But in this case it isn’t gangbangers an Mexikins getting rich it is the teacher mafia, i.e. the democrats most reliable voting block.
“He doesn’t have a car to get himself there.”
A 14 year old can drive?? It is your responsibility to get your son to school, beotch, er, mom!!
In ancient Rome it was illegal to shackle a citizen for any reason.
I guess in modern times it is probably necessary sometimes but I hate the idea that it is a requirement whenever they make an arrest.
That picture looks like the fence/gate surrounding the Clinton compound in Chappaqua...I almost said Chappaquiddick...
It was Muskogee, not Tulsa. How could he be skipping Muskogee School at a Tulsa School. Or why would he. Skip one school just to go to another school?
“Parent comes in, signs the citation, and goes about the day."
“Four absences in a four week period can lead to a possible citation. That’s Oklahoma state statute. It’s been on the books for decades now,” said Steve Braun, Director of Communications at Muskogee Public Schools.
Huh, what?! What if a kid has the flu? Chicken pox? Measles? Is in a hospital? That makes no sense.
Release the dogs!
Is it time to take a look at compulsory education laws?
I guess I am on the other side on this one. I had a truant teen once upon a time. I did everything I could to make him go to school. At one point, before I gave up and sent him to “reform” school which was very expensive, I re-arranged my work schedule and went to school with him and made sure he attended class by escorting him everywhere with the permission of the school. He was, of course, mortified. I had one teen come up to tell me that cutting class wasn’t so bad, she cut class all the time, and I was a horrible parent to do this to him. I asked the girl for her mother’s phone number and if her mother told me to stop I might consider it. The girl refused, telling me that if I talked to her mother she would decide to do the same thing. Anyway, if I could have persuaded the police to haul my son off to jail, and let him sit there for a couple of weeks, he might change his mind about cutting class. So, I think this mother should back the school and the police up, not try to take the blame for her son’s irresponsible behavior. As long as the kid thinks his parents are upset with what the authorities did, his behavior is not going to change, in fact I think it will get worse. So, I think this is an excellent idea to combat truancy, the only change I would make is to put a camera and microphone in the student’s classroom(s) and make the kid attend classes virtually. Classroom success would get him out of jail, goofing off keeps him in jail.
What about the bus? If you’re close enough, you can walk. If not, the bus will bring you in. But I get it. Some kids are too cool for buses, mom-rides, and school.
That said the whole thing is a farce. She should have said "FU he's being home schooled." Even if she taught him nothing it's better than the indoctrination he's getting now.
The experience is meant to ‘traumatize’. You’re supposed to ‘not like’ it, then act to avoid the event.
This is usually the last resort, when the parent has not replied to notices. Maybe Jr. was hiding the notices. It would be the first time that old method was used by a truant.
I’m surprised they still even have Truant Officers.
Such officers used to be as common as Dogcatchers.
When is the last time you saw a Dogcatcher rounding up strays? I believe they can still be called for Pit Bull attacks.
When the police are used for this kind of thing, one tends to lose respect for the “law,” which is nothing more than an abuse of power.
Compulsory attendance to anything is slavery.
