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An army? There were 120 students in the class. Multiply by four classes and that's 480. Even if every student were truant a single truant officer could get t
by maxk42 6y ago
An army? There were 120 students in the class. Multiply by four classes and that's 480. Even if every student were truant a single truant officer could get to all of them within a single school year. Probably at most three or four of them would be all that's needed to stay on top of things there.
- edbob 6y agoWhat about the political fallout from pressing truancy charges against hundreds of minority students? Truancy, at least in my experience, involves fines and/or jail time.
- jswizzy 6y agofor the parent
- edbob 6y agoThat varies by jurisdiction. But it doesn't matter much in this case, as pressing charges against hundreds of minority parents is just as unacceptable.
- abenga 6y agoBecause, obviously, sending the parent to jail will not at all affect the child. Americans' love for retributive justice is really weird.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoEvery day for 180 days. Lets not fool ourselves. The problem is endemic.