Ala. city will fine parents of unruly, truant students
Check out this story in the Press-Register in Alabama. The ordinance applies to about 3,000 students attending schools in the city limits of Bayou La Batre, according to the story. Bayou La Batre is near the Gulf Coast, about 20 miles southwest of Mobile.
It will be interesting to see discipline data from these schools a year from now.
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What a novel concept. Making a parent responsible for their child. Good thought!
Posted on January 17, 2007 3:33 PM
I've got a blog entry on Doug Clark's column and a recent Clarence Page column on my website blog, click below on my name to take you to it. It puts a lot into perspective with what's happening in Guilford Co. these days regarding discipline and taking education seriously, in general.
Posted on January 17, 2007 7:01 PM
What a great idea. We could collect enough fines to build a new school building.
Only problem is how do you collect the money from people who don't have it?
Posted on January 18, 2007 9:24 AM
...and what if, just saying "WHAT IF" the fines came from mostly one race over the other?
Posted on January 18, 2007 3:10 PM
the "what if" would come true because so many families have left the public schools to go private
Posted on January 19, 2007 12:12 AM