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Truancy and teen driving supension - does it work?

By Sydney Meyer, Nine Network PIN analyst

State laws linking truancy and suspension of drivers license for teens under 18 has mixed results – the jury is still out on its impact.
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The following article questions its effect for several important reasons especially the lack of understanding of “why” teens drop out of school. Read

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Should teens be kept in — or outside — the Loop?

By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff

Richard Rosenfeld and his wife were enjoying a sidewalk meal at the now closed Riddles’ restaurant in the Delmar Loop one evening last summer when an unsettling incident occurred. It began with the sights and sounds of dozens of noisy teenagerss running up and down Delmar Boulevard.

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Truancy and teen driving supension - does it work?

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