COPS DON'T DIG DITCHERS TRUANCY SWEEP NABS DOZENS OF ABSENT STUDENTS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Nearly 60 high school and middle school students who ditched school Friday were caught walking along streets, loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. in store parking lots and at other teen hangouts, sheriff's deputies said. Most of the teens caught in the first of what is expected to be regular large-scale truancy sweeps through the rest of the school year seem to be habitual offenders, deputies said. ``I talked to some who said they had been absent 13, 14, 15 times this semester,'' Sgt. Darrel Brown Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. The 100 m at the 2003 World Championships saw him finishing second behind surprise winner Kim Collins. said. But deputies also collared a Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
``She was upset,'' Brown said. The 57 truants included both high school students and middle school students, arrested by Lancaster Community Appreciation Project, Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
``It's just to get out there and make sure kids are in school,'' Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Tim Azevedo said. ``If kids are in school, they are less likely to be doing wrong things.'' Three teens were taken to Challenger Memorial Youth Center, a juvenile probation camp. One was a runaway from New Mexico found in a small shopping center's parking lot near Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. . Two others were Parkview Middle School students already on probation for other offenses. One of the Parkview boys was taken back to school, but then hauled away to Challenger after he acted up, Brown said. ``He said he was going to beat up the principal and beat up our deputies and created a big scene there,'' Brown said. Truants will be brought to court and can be fined $195, double that for a second offense and triple that for a third offense. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Deputies hunted for kids ditching school Friday, such as the two from Parkview Middle School in the back of the patrol car. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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