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Honor student placed in jail for tardiness and truancy at school

HOUSTON—A judge threw a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student from Willis High School in jail after she missed school again.

Judge Lanny Moriarty said last month Diane Tran was in his Justice of the Peace court for truancy and he warned her then to stop missing school. But she recently missed classes again so Wednesday he issued a summons and had her arrested in open court when she appeared.

Tran said she works a full-time job, a part-time job and takes advanced placement and dual credit college level courses. She said she is often too exhausted to wake up in time for school. Sometimes she misses the entire day, she said. Sometimes she arrives after attendance has been taken.

Honor student placed in jail for tardiness and truancy at school | khou.com Houston

 

[Againsheila]

Judge should be thrown in jail. Bet he never worked as hard as that girl.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

“If you let one (truant student) run loose, what are you gonna’ do with the rest of ‘em? Let them go too?” Judge Moriarty asked.

She’s hardly ‘running loose,’ as most truant students aren’t employed full-time. Given she’s 17, certainly there are alternate programs that can accommodate school and work.

 

[bodecea]

It's Texas.

 

[Douger]

Judge should be thrown in jail. Bet he never worked as hard as that girl.

The judge should be thrown into a volcano.