A Mason City woman has been sentenced to 14 days in jail for violating the state’s compulsory school attendance law.
Sherri Marie Sadler, 41, was sentenced in Cerro Gordo County District Court on Monday after her sixth conviction on the charge.
In the most recent case, Sadler was convicted of not sending her 15-year-old daughter to Roosevelt Middle School for the required number of days during the first quarter of the 2006-07 school year.
The initial document, a truancy complaint filed by Mason City Assistant Superintendent Hal Minear, said the student had seven days of unexcused absence.
A document filed by Assistant Cerro Gordo County Attorney William Hoekstra stated that Sadler’s daughter missed 111 periods, totalling more than 13 days of school.
Sadler’s first conviction on the charge came during January 2005. She was convicted of the charge two more times during 2005 and twice during 2006.
“Because of her prior convictions,” Hoekstra said, “Mrs. Sadler’s case qualified as a serious misdemeanor. In theory, she could have been sentenced to 30 days in jail.”
Wow. I don't know what to say about that story. Although I can't imagine that the student is the type that teachers actually want in their classroom.
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