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Parents push back on tougher skipping-school punishments after policy move
Summary
A parent urged the Williamson County school board not to increase penalties for skipping school at the April 20 meeting, after superintendent Golden said skipping had been moved from misbehavior Level 1 to Level 2 — making in-school suspension a possible consequence.
Samantha Ozan, a Franklin parent, told the Williamson County Board of Education on April 20 that increasing punishments for skipping school would be "wrong," saying her son received a full-day in-school suspension for leaving campus during lunch despite returning before missing class time.
"The punishment should fit the crime," Ozan said, urging the board not to impose harsher…
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