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Letter to the editor: Parents should get kids in school

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By Tribune-Review
1 Min Read Oct. 18, 2023 | 3 years ago
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If kids won’t go to school here in Pennsylvania, aren’t the parents responsible, under the law, for getting them there?

I sort of remember, when I was little, my mom telling me that if I didn’t go to school and played hooky instead that the police would come and arrest her and my dad and throw them both in jail!

While Mom might have exaggerated the jail part, I am pretty sure that was the Pennsylvania law in Philadelphia back in the 1940s.

Now that was a long time ago, but unless the law was rescinded, perhaps it is time for parents to be reminded about their responsibilities.

Ed Collins

West Newton

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