In re Jamie L.

— Levine, J.

Respondent, now age 15, contends on this appeal that Family Court abused its discretion in placing him for 18 months in the custody of the St. Lawrence County Commissioner of Social Services (see, Family Ct Act § 756 [a] [i]) as part of its order adjudicating him a person in need of supervision (hereinafter *976PINS). Respondent’s sole basis for this argument is that this was his first PINS adjudication. However, the record discloses that at the time Family Court placed respondent in the Commissioner’s custody, he was a chronic truant who had failed to improve his attendance record…