PRESS RELEASE

MEDIA ADVISORY
2006
Truancy Sweep

Wednesday, September 27 at 8:30 a.m.
North Sacramento School District Office
670 Dixieanne Avenue, Sacramento

The vast majority of Californians place a high priority on education. Significant portions of our tax dollars go to support our children and our schools. Most parents willingly assume the responsibility for assuring that their children attend school regularly and get the education they need to become productive adults. Parents who actively shirk this responsibility, despite tremendous support from the schools and the School Attendance Review Board, are now named in arrest warrants for Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors who are habitually truant students.

Please join Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully, as well as other agency officials, for a press conference preceding the 2006 Truancy Sweep. School District representatives will also be available for questions and comments.

This year we have over 115 warrants to serve on these parents who fail to send their children to school.

Media is invited to participate with the teams in visiting the homes where warrants will be served.

Contact person:
Special Assistant Deputy District Attorney Lana Wyant
Phone: (916) 874-5907