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Why Texas Students Keep Walking Out of Class
In a video she posted to San Antonio Students for Peace’s Instagram account, Claire Lewis asks for grace while she tries to explain Texas truancy law and attendance policies. “I’m nineteen years old; I’m still in college; I’m learning the difference between truant and unexcused absence,” Lewis says, before noting that three unexcused absences in a four-week period can lead to a truancy case. Teens and their parents have been concerned about the penalties students might face if they join others across the U.S. walking out of class to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.Students across Texas at at least sixty middle and high schools have participated in the walkouts, and the movement seems to be growing—causing increasing concern among school administrators and teachers, who…The post Why Texas Students Keep Walking Out of Class appeared first on Texas Monthly.