State v. Smrekar, Unpublished Decision (11-17-2000)

OPINION

This timely appeal arises from Appellants' convictions in the Court of Common Pleas of Columbiana County, Juvenile Division, for violating R.C. § 2919.24, contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor. The conviction stems from allegations that Appellants kept their daughter home from school approximately twenty days between September 9, 1998, and December 7, 1998. Appellants argue that the school's failure to follow its own policies with regard to notifying parents about multiple unexcused absences requires that the convictions be reversed. For the following reasons we…