Mother Ordered to Attend Class With Truant Son
A woman has been ordered to spend five weeks in second grade because her son missed too much school.
Sherilyn Williams must join her 8-year-old son at Berkeley Heights Elementary School until March 27. The boy has missed 108 days of school in three years.
“I feel it will be more beneficial for the child because his mother will be present with him during the day, instead of just getting a fine or jail time,” Berkeley County Magistrate Joan Bragg said Tuesday.
School officials in Berkeley County file complaints in magistrate court against the parents of chronic truants.
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