Parents sent to court for children's goofs. (Update: education news from schools, business, research and professional organizations).The parents of students at a Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; middle school will be going to court if their children fail to do homework and fail to attend an after-school program. At Houston's North Shore Middle School, the parents of students who habitually HABITUALLY. Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so frequently, as to show a design of repeating the same act. 2 N. S. 622: 1 Mart. Lo. R. 149. 2. fail to complete their homework and miss a mandatory Peremptory; obligatory; required; that which must be subscribed to or obeyed. Mandatory statutes are those that require, as opposed to permit, a particular course of action. after-school program will be summoned to court. While four dozen parents were given citations in December December: see month. , the judge merely used the session to set an example and explain the importance of homework. |
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