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Derby parent says district wrongly referred her child to county DA over attendance
Summary
At the Aug. 18 Derby Board of Education meeting, parent Elizabeth Stanton told the board a truancy referral sent to the Sedgwick County District Attorney27s Office used district-generated attendance data and a staff opinion to threaten court action against her family despite, she says, records showing excused absences.
A Derby parent told the Derby Board of Education on Aug. 18 that a district truancy referral to the Sedgwick County District Attorney27s Office wrongly accused her family of educational neglect, citing district attendance records and an attached staff comment that she called an opinion rather than evidence.
"In January, our family received a letter from the district stating that my daughter had 10 excused absences and 0 unexcused absences," Elizabeth Stanton said during the meeting27s public-comment period. "And yet just 3 months later, this district submitted a truancy referral to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office and attached that very same letter as evidence against us."
Stanton said the DA27s office followed with a notice threatening that her daughter could be declared a…
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