The most read Spanish language newspaper in LA covered our testimonies at the LAUSD Board on truancy tickets. The reporter interviewed our organizers and members, but he also further investigated the issue by interviewing other high school students and parents as well as school police.

Here are some of the quotes from the article:

"Who hasn't been late to school before?" asked this homemaker and resident of South Central. "Sometimes I ask them just to stay home because it is too much money. They're forcing students to miss school."

"To solve truancy we need to go to the root of the problem, instead of using the courts as a first encounter for youth with the law," said Manuel Criollo, organizer with the Labor/Community Strategy Center.

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