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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDiane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School
Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/27/diane-tran-honors-student-jailed-texas-high-school-truancy_n_1549160.html?ref=mostpopular
Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student in Texas, was forced to spend the night in jail last week after missing too many classes, KHOU-11's Sherry Williams reports.
The Willis High School junior, who helps support two siblings, has both a full time and part-time job. She said that she's often too tired to go to school.
"She goes from job to job from school," Devin Hill, one of Tran's classmates, told KHOU-11. "She stays up until 7:00 in the morning doing her homework."
In an interview with KHOU-11, Tran said she takes AP Spanish, college level algebra and dual credit English and history courses. Her parents divorced and no longer live near her, so she lives with the family that owns the wedding venue where she works on weekends.
According to Texas law, if a student has ten or more unexcused absences within a six-month period, the school district may refer the student to a juvenile court. "In such cases, resolution of the issue is entirely in the hands of the court," reads a statement on the website of the Willis Independent School District.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/27/diane-tran-honors-student-jailed-texas-high-school-truancy_n_1549160.html?ref=mostpopular
Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student in Texas, was forced to spend the night in jail last week after missing too many classes, KHOU-11's Sherry Williams reports.
The Willis High School junior, who helps support two siblings, has both a full time and part-time job. She said that she's often too tired to go to school.
"She goes from job to job from school," Devin Hill, one of Tran's classmates, told KHOU-11. "She stays up until 7:00 in the morning doing her homework."
In an interview with KHOU-11, Tran said she takes AP Spanish, college level algebra and dual credit English and history courses. Her parents divorced and no longer live near her, so she lives with the family that owns the wedding venue where she works on weekends.
According to Texas law, if a student has ten or more unexcused absences within a six-month period, the school district may refer the student to a juvenile court. "In such cases, resolution of the issue is entirely in the hands of the court," reads a statement on the website of the Willis Independent School District.
The hell this girl has been thru and she still manages to be an honor student. What dumbass signed a law that could actually jail a child for being truant too many times. Was this a Bush Law or a Perry law? Way to put our kids first.....NOT!
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Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School (Original Post)
LynneSin
May 2012
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The girl's parents are divorced and neither one of them is taking care of her?
Art_from_Ark
May 2012
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)1. The girl's parents are divorced and neither one of them is taking care of her?
Last edited Tue May 29, 2012, 01:09 AM - Edit history (1)
And she has to support her two siblings?
That poor girl!
cali
(114,904 posts)2. posted in GD multiple times.
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(29,876 posts)3. Well I missed it and thank the OP for the article. eom
The site is up above $35k now btw.