HELP! Letter from District Attorney's office re truancy!

anyone familiar with the procedure in CA regarding this? My son and some friends left their closed campus at lunchtime the day before a two-week break to "celebrate". They were seen and cited by the police who issued them a "ticket" for truancy. Now, we've received a letter from the District Attorney's office stating that our son has a truancy problem and stating all sorts of dire consequences, presumably if the problem continues.

This is the first time my son has been out of school without an excuse, and he has never been cited for anything. Although we don't condone him leaving the campus (he knows the rules...), I certainly don't consider him a "truant". As such, I don't understand why we received this letter, other than it is some sort of standard operating procedure when the legal system gets involved.

Does anyone know anything about this?

nm

Gosh, even though I got my answer, I don't quite understand that no one has an answer or even an opinion about this isssue. Just checked back, several weeks later to see....

For one thing -- you posted your question on a LD board, not a truancy or general issue board. You may have had more reponses in another place. Sorry.

Marilyn

I wrote that note eight months ago and got my answer way back.

Yes, I'm aware that this is an LD board. However, I felt sure that there must be many posters on this topic, "Teaching Students with ADHD," who are very familiar with some of the issues impulsive kids like my son encounter in a school setting, truancy being one of them.

But, thanks for the note anyway. If anyone else has such a question, they can post back to me-- I'm an expert now! :D