Pay Attention Parents

[ls317]

A Franklin mother is getting an unpleasant lesson, and it's not unfolding in a classroom.

The drama for Angela Dawn Wood is playing out in a Johnson County courtroom, where she is charged with allowing her 9-year-old son to miss too many days and hours of school.

Wood's son was absent or tardy to school 57 times during the 2004-05 school year, according to charging information filed in Johnson Superior Court.

The 32-year-old mother was arrested on the Class B misdemeanor charge this week, then released from jail on $1,000 bond. She could not be reached for comment Friday.


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050618/NEWS01/506180463

[SouthernDem2004]

1. This is not uncommon. /nt

[prole_for_peace]

2. my bf's nephew missed over 40 days this year.

if his mom didn't feel like taking him or he didn't want to go he didn't. he is supposed to be entering 7th grade this year but tests at a 3rd grade level. his grandmother is making him attend summer tutoring sessions and he is mad and his mom hopes it doesn't "ruin his summer"
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