California middle school student threatened with jail for missing online Zoom classes

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A middle school student in California was threatened with being put in jail for missing online Zoom classes, according to the boy's father.

Mark Mastrov said his family recently received a letter from his son's middle school after his seventh-grade son reportedly missed 90 minutes of online classes. Mastrov said his son is a straight-A student who denies missing any classes.

The father hypothesizes that his son may have logged in after the teacher had already taken roll call during three 30-minute classes, causing the teacher to mark him absent. "I am not sure what happened," Mastrov said.

What Mastrov does know for certain is that the potential punishment prescribed by the school is "ridiculous."

"Out of the blue, we got this letter. It said my son had missed classes, and at the bottom it referenced a state law which said truants can go to jail for missing 90 minutes of class," Mastrov told the East Bay Times.

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