schools aren't prisons...
it's no different than any kid ditching school, leaving the campus and
getting caught shoplifting at some store...
the school system is not responsible for your children once they
leave the campus...
But they are responsible for trying to stop them from leaving the school in the first place. because they are under the care of the school system while they are there. For th most part... they are minors.
They made no attempt to do that.
If this was to happen at a grade school... would that also be acceptable?
Somehow because their are teenagers it is o.k.
children are the responsibility of the school WHILE THEY ARE THERE
schools cannot physically restrain teenagers who are not posing a threat to themselves or others,,,,there are rules about attendance,,,they cannot physically enforce them,,,they can only address them if and when they are broken
because these are teenagers, their cognitive and emotional processes are different than grade schoolers
its not ok for either to skip school
yet they do, and they have consequences when they do
whatever they do on school premise is the schools problem, once they leave,, they are no longer the schools responsibility (accept to report to someone appropriate they have left)
the school still has to keep its responsibility to the kids LEFT on campus