Diane Tran, a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student from Willis High School, spent a night in jail after she missed school again. Tran was in Judge Lanny Moriarty court for truancy a month earlier and he warned her then to stop missing school. But she recently missed classes again so, he issued a summons and had her arrested in open court when she appeared. Tran works a full-time job, a part-time job and takes advanced placement and dual credit college level courses. Tran said she is often too exhausted to wake up in time for school and arrives after attendance has been taken. Sometimes she misses the entire day.The judge ordered Tran to spend 24 hours in jail and pay a $100 fine.
So Tran, who apparently, is doing quite well in her classes and is assuming more then her share of responsibility is being punished for missing seat time. Basically what this sentence says is that seat time at the mandatory school is what is important, not how one is performing. More zero tolerance nonsense from our ruling class.
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