Thursday, February 7, 2013

Fine Parents if Kids Skip School?

Cutting class comes with a price at many schools.  A growing number of cities are fining parents whose kids skip school.  In Rochester, New Hampshire, fines can go as high as $1,000 per absence.  Some school officials say the fines will help boost attendance.  A recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland found that as many as 7.5 million students miss at least one month of school each year.  Supporters of the penalties say the fines also encourage parents to keep better track of their kids. But others say making parents pay for their kids' actions sends the wrong message.  Instead of fining parents, they want kids to be punished in school.  What do YOU think?
~ Scholastic News

25 comments:

Liam Wilcox said...

I think that they shouldn't fine parents for making their kids skip school because kids might need to go to a funeral or something so kids have to skip school.

ana said...

I think that the kids should be punished in school instead of the school punishing the PARENTS by making them pay money for something that their children did. Alot of parents don't have enough money to pay for something that their children did. Some parent's don't have jobs, or any source of getting enough money for paying.

Jason Bui said...

i think that is too much money if you just skip 1 dayb of schhol so we should really make it less like 100 dollors or 50 because 1,000 is too much to pay just for one day.

amandeep said...

I think you should fine parents because if there kids are not sick or anything you should be coming to school.

Jonah said...

I really do not know a answer for this question so really it's the kid's parent's responsibility for the kid skipping school.

Janna said...

I think that if you skip school the teachers or principle should just call the parents and let them know and have their parents punish them. If fines can go as high as $1,000 i don't think everyone has enough money to pay that much.

Winni said...

I think that they should just punish children for missing school or just make them stay inside and learned what they missed.

Zaliah said...

I think that isnt fair because some kids get bullied and it not there fault that they feel like they cant go to school because they are scared. Some kids pertend like they are going to school when they arnt because of that prblem so u cant charge people for not going to school because of problem they r having.

harmeet said...

I think people should get fined for not going to school because school is important.

kevonnie said...

I think that people should get fined but dont have to pay that much money.

Philicyanna said...

I think that kids parents should not get fined because they skipped school. I think that because parents work hard to get money. It's bad enough that they work to get what you need.

yakub said...

I think no because that to much for just 1 day that is not fair cause some people don't have that much money

jericho said...

I think parents should be fined because of their children skipping school because the parents are responsible for their own children.The parents should know where their children are.

Chloe said...

I think the kids should be punished if they are missing a hole bunch of school because, it's not fair for the parents to pay for their kids actions. But if the parents know they aren't going to school then the parents should have fines to pay.

Theresa Nguyen said...

I think that fining parents is a very bad idea. How are they supposed to know where their kids go? And charging $1000, that's not fair to the parents at ALL. I think that they should NOT charge parents and punish students instead, if the school ever even finds out about it.

Megann W. said...

I think the fine is a BAD idea. Because a kid can just not go to the bus stop so the parents see them "going to school" and just leave or go somewhere else or go before school starts.If you were a parent and you owed $1,ooo to your kids school, youd say, "How was I a part of this!!!!!" Its better for the school to give them a major punishment. Parents can't control every moment of their lives.

Channy said...

I think they should have a fine but not 1,000! Thats way to much! Or give detenion. $1,000 is too much. Parents should keep track of where their child is so this fine thing doesn't happen.

Bryan said...

I dont't think people should be fined just because their kid skipped school what if the parents need the money to pay off their house i think kids should get in trouble at school for that.

cruz said...

I think intead of fining the parents, they should fine the kids, and if the kids dont have the money they owe a week of detention

Saif said...

i don't think we should pay 1,000 dollars for a student cutting class instead the student should get detention or spention.

Angelina said...

I think the kids should be punished at school because there's no way in know that you're kid skipped school unless the school tells you or they tell you. I know in a lot of households children don't tell their parents anything (some of my friends parents don't even know who their crush is!) Also, school is really important i think that kids just skip school to be cool.

Jason Bui said...

i think that the kids should not be making their parent pay 1,000 dollors just becasue they missed one day of school i think they should get punished in school instead.

Jason Bui said...

i think that the kids should get punished at school instead of making their parents pay for them becasue it is like the parents are getting punished instead of the kids.

jericho said...

I think people should fine parents because kids are missing some very important learning.

Janna said...

I think that the kids should be punished at school because having you're parents pay isn't fair because it wasn't them who skipped school. You can give the kid detention or something instead of having parents pay.