Parents get mass truancy warning

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Parents get mass truancy warning
By JANNINE TEMPLEMAN

Tamika Veal walked out of the Liacouras Center last night frustrated.

"Single parents are working and cannot be behind their children all of the time," the South Philly native said. "I can drop my son off at the door, but that doesn't mean he's going to stay at school."

Veal was among 6,000 parents and students summoned to the Temple University arena by Mayor Street and the school district because the children had eight or more unexcused absences during the 2005-06 school year.

All were warned to be there or be prosecuted.

"I got a letter in the mail saying I had to come to the meeting or go to court," said a parent from West Philly-based Anna H. Shaw Middle School, who declined to give her name.

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/16137902.htm