Leading Off (02/03/09)
1. I’m sure a lot of folks are reading this story, about how parents are having to pay $500 fines if their DISD-enrolled kids are excessively truant, and say, “Good job!” But as someone who has more than once received notices that my child was on track for such discipline, even after turning in doctor’s notes and such to show the absences were excused, I worry about those who are unfairly accused and can’t afford to pay.
2. Mark Cuban is going on the offensive against the SEC in his insider-trading case? Wow. No one could have seen that coming.
3. FREE GRAND SLAM! FREE GRAND SLAM!
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The students aren’t treated with kid gloves – two students were escorted from Judge Douglas Dunn’s courtroom in handcuffs last week. Dunn, who presides in the central truancy court in the Frank Crowley Courts Building, recently told a student that if he didn’t straighten up, he wouldn’t have to worry about being disciplined by his mother – but rather by his “boyfriend in county jail.”
So a judge is threatening minors with jailhouse rape for missing school.
Why does Judge Dunn still have a job, and can he be prosecuted for soliciting the corruption of a minor?
Do sexual assaults really occur in Lew Sterrett?
Ok, my mom worked for the DISD truancy department for several years and represented the district in those courts (she retired several years ago).
I graduated from high school, I graduated from college. I had friends who cut a few classes, I had friends who cut a lot of classes.
For the most part, I remember the kids in question here being the ones that literally skipped 100+ days or partial days each year (if you bail on 7th period every single day, you qualify for that group). I don’t think punishing hooligans like that is a bad thing.
I might do it with community service and the threat of juvenile detention if they didn’t serve their hours, but if DISD and the city feel that monetarily punishing these families is the way to get through to the parents, then so be it. It’s been going on for quite some time, why get so worked up about it today?
Exactly, bc. What’s the harm in wishing anal rape on a minor?
Not worked up about it. Probably the right thing to do in many cases. Just, you know, IJS.
Also, although I don’t recommend it, I missed 100-plus days of high school because I worked full-time. (Every evening and all day on weekends.) Just hope that such things are taken into consideration.
I went to the Council’s briefing on the truancy issue, and these stats were in the briefing.
* 2008 Juvenile Arrests for Burglary: 187.
* 2008 Adult Arrests for Burglary: 868.
* Juveniles made up 22% of all Burglary arrests in the city in 2008.
* Of those 187 juvi arrests, 63% occurred during school hours during the week.
@Eric – I believe that is why you have the option to plead innocent and go to trial. You can then present as much evidence as you like to why the events happened.
Jundge Dunn sounds like a good guy, teaching the kids respect (tucking in their shirt in court)and scaring the piss out of them with reality.
Michael is making the connection that Trey apparently can’t/won’t.
The judge wasn’t making a threat…he was connecting the dots for the young man.
Is no one else deeply disturbed by the behavior of our fellow dallasites at Denny’s free grand slam? Sheep? Obese Sheep? I hurt.
“Aly Gilliland, 21, an SMU senior advertising major, had only been to Denny’s twice in her life before today. One of the occasions was on Christmas Eve for a friend’s family tradition.”
Christmas Eve at Denny’s??
Don’t laugh. One of our Christmas Eve traditions is to fill up the car with gas and go through the car wash at the local gas station.
DD, that’s a tradition from the old country, I assume…
When I was married, the tradition was to take the kids to Grandpa’s (where we would spend the night), then head back home to “wrap more presents” for a couple of hours.
We weren’t wrapping presents.
Our family tradition involves driving around looking at Christmas lights, then board games and alcohol. Do I need to spice things up this year?