LOOPHOLE CLOSED IN CITY TRUANCY LAW.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The City Council unanimously voted to amend the city's truancy ordinance Tuesday to keep up with the changing schedules of area schools. The change allows police officers to cite students under 18 any time of day when they are supposed to be in class. Under the old ordinance, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's officials could only cite students for being truant between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. ``The ordinance really tied our hands because we couldn't cite anyone after 1:30 p.m.,'' said sheriff's Sgt. Don Wyman, who heads the Career Offender Burglary Robbery Apprehension team. ``The change will let us do our job.'' Because of rampant overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. throughout Santa Clarita, many students attend school on different tracks, which begin as early as 7 a.m. and go as late as 4 p.m. Mayor Frank Ferry, an assistant principal at Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
``It was an easy solution,'' Ferry said. Last year, the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station issued 336 truancy citations, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wyman. So far in 2002, 252 citations have been written, he added. Ninety percent of truancy citations are written by deputies assigned to local junior high and high schools using attendance records, Wyman said. COBRA deputies also conduct weekly sweeps for truants, using cellular phones to check with school officials to see whether the teens should be on campus, Wyman added. ``We're just keeping up with the times,'' Wyman said. |
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