Earlier we had the mother who blamed the school when her 3 daughters were pg under age. Now a persistant truant's mother is saying that the school should do more. This is from the BBC website
'A Somerset mother who was prosecuted over her twin sons' truancy, has set up a help group for parents who struggle to get their children to school.
Maria Lehman claims it is impossible to control 14-year-olds, Lee and Sam, who kept skipping Wadham School, Crewkerne.
South Somerset magistrates ordered her to pay £560 and lifted reporting restrictions as a warning to others.
The single mother says the courts are blaming the wrong people and schools should take more responsibility.
"Unfortunately, due to the boys' unwillingness to cooperate, there's nothing I can do," she said.
"When the boys are taken to school and go out the back door, isn't it the school's responsibility to make sure they come back?
"Apart from me being there and dragging them back to school, there's nothing I can do."
If she cannot get the boys to co-operate, how can the school? What does she expect the school to do if they leg it. We cannot lay a hand on them. What exactly does she expect the school to do????
She can drag them back into school. We cannot!
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Truets mother now says school should do more
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happymerryberries · 27/05/2005 16:24
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