truancy
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More than 50 members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire first walked out on Wednesday as one teacher said truancy was "rife" at the school.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Older students faced fines or a suspended driver’s license for truancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
“This truancy ends now,” Abbott said in a letter sent to each of the departed members.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025
But they said the Academy Transformation Trust, which runs the school, had taken "decisive action" to address "unacceptable standards of behaviour and internal truancy".
From BBC • May 16, 2025
"How do you do. My name is Officer Martha Pagett, and I'm from the school and truancy division of the State Department of Children and Family Services. May I come in?"
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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