South Bay : TRUANCY SWEEPS

Lennox sheriff’s deputies will kick off an anti-truancy campaign today by combing the city streets for students playing hooky.

Under the county truancy law, which was recently amended by the Board of Supervisors to include a daytime curfew that requires students to be in class from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., any minor who is absent from class without a parental excuse can be fined up to $250. The law was put on the books last year when a September truancy sweep picked up 91 students who were out of class, said Sgt. Lane Greenberg.