[HN Gopher] Schools in UK send police to homes of absent pupils
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       Schools in UK send police to homes of absent pupils
        
       Author : ojhughes
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2024-05-27 19:10 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | thebruce87m wrote:
       | > Schools in England
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       | England != UK
        
       | lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote:
       | Does this mean that you can't homeschool in England? I mean, as
       | you would be absent from school....
        
         | splatzone wrote:
         | You can indeed homeschool: https://www.gov.uk/home-education
        
           | lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote:
           | Thank you for that!
           | 
           | So I guess this is about problem kids and/or parents who
           | can't get their shit together.
        
       | cafard wrote:
       | Many many years ago, my mother-in-law was confronted by a truant
       | officer. She had supposed that floods lower in her town had meant
       | that the schools were closed and that her son and his buddies had
       | a reason to be goofing off, traveling the streets in a boat etc.
       | This was in Pennsylvania. I think that the truant officer
       | threatened her with a ticket that would have led to a fine.
        
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