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Right now, while most of your kids are in school, there are still plenty, skipping class.
Truancy has long been a problem here with some parents not taking their students to school until Labor Day.
But as the year starts earlier and earlier, that means kids are missing almost a whole month of class!
Ron Pope is the head of Student Security for Shelby County Schools.
- http://www.scsk12.org/uf/
- https://www.facebook.com/ShelbyCountySchools
- https://twitter.com/@scsk12unified
