http://www.stuff.co.nz/4803156a11.html Mum fearful of school fines By REBECCA TODD – The Press | Friday, 26 December 2008 A Christchurch mother is angry at the prospect of having to pay heavy fines because she cannot get her son to go to school. Under new laws passed by the National-led Government, parents…
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Hardcore truants by the thousand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4798639a11.html Hardcore truants by the thousand By LANE NICHOLS – The Dominion Post | Saturday, 20 December 2008 Thousands of the most at-risk children are still missing from classrooms, forcing education officials to act as detectives hunting long-term truants. Principal Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft said the “unexploded time bombs”…