Tyler Paper — Tyler, Texas — February 23, 2008
By KENNETH DEAN — Staff Writer
Winona, Texas – Skipping school is usually met with fines and the threat of jail time; but, for two sisters, the punishment was much worse – they were deported.
Smith County Justice of the Peace Mitch Shamburger said he presided over truancy court last month when Brisa and Lluva Amante, both 17, snickered in his courtroom.
The John Tyler High School students were before him for skipping school and Shamburger said he fined them each for the action and told them to go to school every day and not to come back to his courtroom.
