Posted on 07/17/2020 9:18:38 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"The girl, Grace*, was a high school sophomore in Birmingham Public Schools when she was charged with assault and theft last year. She was placed on probation in mid-April and, among other requirements, was to complete her schoolwork."
I'm generally not in favor of the courts or law enforcement telling parents how to raise their kids, but in this case it's not a matter of parental duties, it's a matter of a criminal not complying with the terms of her probation, aggravated in this case by parents not investing the time or effort to make sure she did.
There is more to this story. Again, msm cherry picking information.
It would appear that this “person” is extremely violent, has been arrested for assault, and currently beats the hell out of it’s mother. We here are in lockdown. Sending this thing home to be locked down and beat on it’s mother is not an option...
I’m guessing that you engaged in the time honored FReeper tradition of commenting on the headline and not the article.
She was found guilty of assault and theft and put on probation. An element of probation was that she complete her schoolwork, which she refused to do.
She broke probation and should pay the penalty.
She was convicted of a crime and sentenced. She was put on probation with certain conditions to be met or go back to jail. She did not meet those conditions.
The school and parents are involved but so is the court.
Young girl, ADHD, no father in the house - sounds right.
For my daughter, that was more of a tweener acting out kinda thing. For the daughter in this article, I’m betting it went on for a lot longer with no action from mom, so now it’s a problem the size of Everest.
I read the article. I don’t believe it should be within the court’s jurisdiction to dictate how well you do in school. Current laws dictate that you go, not that you pass. People aren’t going to jail for failing out of high school. I have a coworker whose son is staying with grandparents and going to school 100 miles away in another state because schools around here won’t enroll him anymore. I think dad is an uninvolved loser but nobody is going to jail for that.
An incarcerated person does not have to agree with the terms of parole. They may choose to remain incarcerated. If they ignore the rules, they lose.
Absolutely. About 99% of the time they don’t agree with it. Not too many people in this sort of trouble agree with staying away from their friends on probation or parole, and staying sober.
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