If the Daughter Flunks HS - Daddy Goes to Jail

[sandgk]

Yahoo News:
Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma ...

CINCINNATI - A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
Brian Gegner, of Fairfield, was sentenced last week to 180 days in jail for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.
He was ordered months ago to make sure his 18-year-old daughter Brittany Gegner, who has a history of truancy, received her GED ? something that hasn't happened yet.
Brittany Gegner, who said Monday that she plans to take a required GED test this month, said her father shouldn't be blamed for her failure because she has been living with her mother.
"It was my wrongdoing, not his," said Brittany Gegner, whose fiance and 18-month-old daughter also live at her mother's home in nearby Hamilton. "He shouldn't have to go to jail for something I did."
Her mother agrees.
"Brittany is almost 19 years old now and I think it's unfair to put her father in jail," said Shana Roach. "She's an adult now, and it's not right to rip an innocent man from his home."
Butler County Juvenile Court administrator Rob Clevenger Jr. said Monday that the court still has jurisdiction in the case because Brittany Gegner was a juvenile when the truancy problems began and when the charge against Brian Gegner was filed in 2007.

 

[buckeyefool]

Yahoo News:
Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma ...

I was reading this article earlier. The father claims he would take he to school and the girl would just leave after he dropped her off. If this is true then it seems like the principal should be is as much trouble. Not like the dad can just hang out at the school to make sure she doesn't leave.

 

[OCBuckWife]

I was reading this article earlier. The father claims he would take he to school and the girl would just leave after he dropped her off. If this is true then it seems like the principal should be is as much trouble. Not like the dad can just hang out at the school to make sure she doesn't leave.

Also, an adult chilling outside a high school, that often, for that long, is going to have other problems besides a truant daughter.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

I smell a lawsuit...

 

[3074326]

This is ridiculous.. her father isn't teaching her HS material. Taking her to school is more than many parents do. I'm not saying the father is an awesome dude or anything - but the school is equally at fault here, at least, like someone else said.

 

[Best Buckeye]

1. The dumbazz should have made sure his daughter got an education for the last 12 years.
2. you don't screw around with a court order or you go to jail.
3. My personal favorite is if there is a problem with a child a parent is required to attend school as needed.
4. most of the problem nowadays is that parents who have problems school related don't take the interest to make sure thier kid(s) are doing their schooling. it is no one's fault but their own, not anyone elses.