This from The Press (New Zealand):
Parents can be a student's worst enemy when it comes to making excuses about why their child is not at school.
Waimea College and Nayland College have an automated computer system which sends text messages to parents asking them to explain why their child is not at school.
Parents can reply to the messages to confirm if their children are
legitimately away from class, or if they are just skiving off.
Waimea College principal Larry Ching introduced the text response system last year and said it had made a difference in student attendance. Beforehand, the college had 85 per cent attendance and now it was 90 per cent.
However, Mr Ching said there were a small number of parents causing concern with the messages they sent back to the school....
This from The Press (New Zealand):
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