In the wake of a high-profile missing teenager case, the Morgan Hill Unified School District this week started telling parents in the morning, as well as the evening, if their children don't show up to class, according to the Mercury News.
The district's automatic calling system will notify parents of any unexcused absences at 10:30 a.m., according to the newspaper, in addition to the previous 6 p.m. notification.
(See the superintendent's letter here)
Sierra LaMar, who attended Sobrato High in the district, was last known to have been on her way to the bus stop at 7:30 a.m. on March 16. Her mother did not get a phone call about the absence until that evening, and so, many crucial hours regarding her 15-year-old daughter's whereabouts were lost.
According to the Mercury News, Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District sent a note to parents earlier this month that administrators will send out a lunch-time notification if any student is reported absent during a morning class. A second notification will be sent out later in the day.
In Palo Alto, elementary school families are notified immediately if their children are not in school, but in high school, parents get notifications later in the day, according to the newspaper.
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Here's a report from Marianne Favro on some parents whose children have also been abducted.
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