[ChildOfThe60s]

So a judge thinks that somehow a man can force a 16 YO to study and pass a test.

[calex59]

To anyone who thinks the government has any right to tell children or their parents that they have to go to school or face penalty under the law, you are not conservatives. The first laws in this country having to do with children going to school were passed under the guise of making sure kids who wanted to go to school could go without being stopped by parents who wanted he kids to stay home and work the farm.

Like all nanny state laws this was just an excuse and it quickly became a case of "you will send your kids to school even if they don't want to go or else". It is even worse today.

If anyone thinks this judge gave a just sentence, or even if you think he has a constitutional(as opposed to a right under the law, which is different and wrong)right to oder a parent to force a child against their will to attend school or get a GED or diploma, then they had better turn in their conservative credentials for a liberal ID card because liberals they are, or actually socialist, communist, fascist or any other word you can think of that stands for out of control government without regard for the rights of citizens.

[antonia]

"U.S. high school graduation rate peaked at around 80 percent in the late 1960s and then declined by 4-5 percentage points; (2) the actual high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the 88 percent official estimate; (3) about 65 percent of blacks and Hispanics leave school with a high school diploma and minority graduation rates are still substantially below the rates for non-Hispanic whites." ~ http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/930

Why don't they jail the people who have taken money in exchange for educating children? The whole public school system should be thrown in jail. In Fairfield Connecticut they took "$8,667 $8,300Total Expenditures Per Pupil ", they should also be thrown in jail for taking money under false pretense.

The administrations make it very difficult for problematic children to stay, if they don't get them to leave, the schools's statistical success rates are brought down by children who do not achieve higher grades.

[krb]

General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

Around here we call it the "Good enough, dude!"

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

What madness is this? In most states a 16-yr-old is free to quit school. In most states you can’t get a GED until you’re legally of age. If she’s eligible to take the GED test she should be too old for truancy, and her father blameless.

[Tax Government]

I hope and pray the right lawyer finds his way onto this case, wins a $50 million judgment, and gets a law or two overturned.

[SuziQ]

Why is this chick complaining? If she’d just done the work, in the previous 2 years, she wouldn’t have to worry about her Dad going to jail.

[familyop]

"While Brian Gegner had custody of her, Brittany says it was while she lived with her mother that she was truant."

Feminism/romanticism needs to go to the rest homes with its pushers.

[BarrySeward]

I got so fired up about this that I posted this story Friday on my blog and received a response from Brians sister that made me feel even more frustrated with the system. To view the article and the response by his sister please visit http://barryseward.com/2008/05/09/six-months-in-jail-because-18-year-old-daughter-didnt-get-ged.aspx after reading her comments please use the link on the page to send the Gov. a message letting him know how you feel. I guarantee after reading what his sister says you’ll be even more frustrated with the system.

If the Link doesn’t work just go to www.BarrySeward.com and scroll to the bottom (you’ll have to click view comments to see hers)

Thank You

Barry Seward
BarrySeward.com

[BarrySeward]

Hello all, I just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow Brian Gegner will be back in front of Judge Niehaus asking for the judge to reconsider his decision for being jailed. It’s not to late to email the Gov. Strickland of Ohio to share your thoughts and to join in with the California Alliance for Families and Children to protest this terrible decision.

To email the Governor: http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=448

The Judges Contact info:

BUTLER COUNTY
Juvenile Justice Center
Judge David J. Niehaus >>
Phone: 513-887-3318
Fax: 513-887-5592

I urge everyone to take a stand and do both. Please, stand up for Justice.

Barry Seward
http://BarrySeward.com