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Derby student tells board she was wrongfully marked truant; requests action
Summary
A Derby student told the school board she received a truancy notice she said stemmed from absences tied to school activities and an opinion expressed in a staff comment; she requested the board address the incident.
Vivian Stanton, a Derby student who identified her address as 725 North Bell Arbor, told the Derby Board of Education during the public comment period that she received a truancy letter in July she says was incorrect and caused her anxiety.
"I was told that I needed to go to court and attend a workshop due to this," Stanton said. She told the board her absences were from school activities — band, cheer, yearbook and others — and said a staff member had left an opinion on the attendance record stating, in effect, that she "does way too many activities and is under a lot…
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