Some parents were intensely involved. She recalled one mother who took a direct approach after learning of her daughter’s truancy. “She wore a shirt to school: ‘I’m Susan’s mom,’ with her picture on it.
And she followed her from class to class because she was skipping class. … And she said to her, ‘If you ever skip again, I’m coming again. And I will sit here every single time.’” “Do you think she ever skipped again? No, she did not.”