Honor Student At Texas High School Jailed For Missing School:

Sargodha : Pakistan | May 31, 2012 at 2:53 AM PDT

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Honor Student At Texas High School Jailed For Missing School:

A 17-year-old honor student Diane Tran in Texas, was forced to spend the night in jail last week after missing too many classes.

Tran had already been warned not to miss any more time at her Houston-area school, but when Judge Lanny Moriarty heard she'd skipped again, he sent her to jail for 24 hours Wednesday.

Tran works full-time at a dry cleaners. She has been supporting an older brother and a younger sister since her parents separated and her mother relocated out of state, Elliot said. Her father often works too late to come home, so she sometimes lives with Elliot's daughter.

According to Texas law, if a student has ten or more unexcused absences within a six-month period, the school district may refer the student to a juvenile court. "In such cases, resolution of the issue is entirely in the hands of the court," reads a statement on the website of the Willis Independent School District.

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