Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 53F. W winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph..
Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 53F. W winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph.
Updated: May 9, 2026 @ 3:25 pm
Cutting school in San Bruno just got a little tougher and could get students in trouble with the law.
The San Bruno City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to allow police officers to cite students who are found cutting school. The new ordinance will help decrease truancy at the city's two high schools and identify at-risk youth.
"Often times all it takes is a warning," said San Bruno police Lt. Noreen Hanlon.
Students who are caught cutting school will first receive a warning. The second time they are caught they will be written a citation requiring them to show up in juvenile court. If they don't show up, students run the risk of having their driver's license suspended or blocked.
The truancy rate at Capuchino High School is about 10 percent. At Peninsula High School, the number of students who don't show up to class is a staggering 30 to 40 percent.
Peninsula is a continuation school with an enrollment of 180 students who typically have problems at regular schools. The dropout rate at Peninsula is 28 percent compared to 1.4 percent at Capuchino, which has about 1,100 students.
State truancy laws are on the books and schools generally spend time assessing student absences. But the ordinance Hanlon proposes would give the truant students an incentive to stay in school.
Until last night, San Bruno was the only city in the San Mateo Union High School District without such a curfew.
Dana Yates can be reached by e-mail: dana@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.
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CA Is Burning said:
Mitch, thanks for exposing more democrat corruption and I guess I am terrible and I want babies to go diaperless.
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