IRREGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
[By TEL2GKunr—Svj-:or\j, to TnE Post.| AUCKLAND, This Day. ■ The laxity of parents in regard to the non-attend.uice of their childi'Pii at school was responsible for twenty-nine informations being laid under the Education Act by the truaiH officer for the Auckland district, and the parents were lined up at the polico court ypsterdry. Tho reasons given for the absence of tho children were vtnicd. Among tic excuses offered t\ ere : "Wanted at home," "reheaising plays," "minding tho baby,"' "not going to that school any more," "had to go to town," and "working in mother's grocer's shop." Some pleaded sickness, and others ignorance* of the Act as to how many days the children could remain away from school, ft was also explained that in one case a, chiltl wai> seen carrying round milk. This was described as a bad case. In twenty-seven cases the parents were convicted, and lines, ranging from 4s to 30s, were imposed. The other cases were withdiawn.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 2
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162IRREGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1907, Page 2
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