From ABC News Texas Honor Student With Two Jobs Jailed for Missing Too Much School: In addition to working at Elliot’s wedding-planning venue, Tran works full-time at a dry cleaners. She has been supporting an older brother and a younger sister since her parents separated and her mother relocated out of state, Elliot said. Her father [...]
Training inmates not scholars II: Honors Student, 11th Grader Jailed for truancy
Posted on June 12, 2012 ·
Kids should be able to ride bikes and walk to school. Especially if they live across the street from school.
Posted on May 29, 2012 ·
I loved riding my bike and running and walking places as a kid. My feet and my bike were my tickets to personal freedom between dusk and dawn during the summer time. So this is kind of awful to me: Principal Stuart Byrne says the ban is safety-driven. “Obviously bike riding is healthy,” Byrne says. [...]