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Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school

By David Ferguson
Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:30 EDT
Diane Tran via KHOU video
 
A Houston-area teenager has been jailed and fined for missing school by a judge who hopes to make an example of her. 17-year-old Diane Tran is working two jobs while taking advanced placement and dual credit courses at Willis High School in Willis, Texas. Some mornings, she is simply too exhausted to make it to school on time. Some days she misses classes altogether.
She was warned by Judge Lanny Moriarty in April not to miss any more school. When she missed