Community Chat

[bathina]

for failing to pay fines for her kids' school truancy, died in her cell. She was 55. She's got 7 kids- 4 of them still at home.

Berks County in PA instituted new fines for parents who failed to control their children's truancy. Eileen DeNino owed $2,000.

[Topaz Gem]

Did they disclose the cause of death?

[MomOf4]

Whoa!! She died in her cell? What did she die of?

[Preds]

How horrible.

[occasionalrain]

The autopsy results are not in yet.

[bathina]

Unknown right now. I guess my reason for posting this is should parents be jailed because of their kids' truancy? Evidently, this new rule has decreased truancy by 30%....

[SydneyH]

If she died of natural causes in jail that's unfortunate, but I assume the laws for truancy for that county are clear.

[scotttie]

I would think bringing CPS into the issue would be more appropriate than jail. How terrible. My guess is they will be rethinking this law/policy now.

[gazelle77]

I do not think anyone could come to a conclusion of what really happened until ALL the facts are put out.

[tansy]

Maybe your kid is mad at you, so he skips school.