Independent - October 15, 2009: Skip school, go to court

Skip school, go to court
Cibola County tries to get parents' attention

Assistant District Attourney Niva Lind speaks to Bernadine Archunde at Cibola County Magistrate Court in Grants on Wednesday. Archunde's daughter Monique had missed 37 unexcused days in the previous school year. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

GRANTS — Irene Howard, 68, of Grants, grandmother to Consuelo Tafoya, said Wednesday afternoon prior to appearing in Cibola County Magistrate Court on a truancy case that she continues to try to get her granddaughter up for school with Consuela saying “I don’t want to go.”

Howard’s legal guardianship was a point of contention between her attorney Gary Fernandez and Assistant District Attorney Niva Lind.

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October 15, 2009
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Skip school, go to court:
Cibola County tries to get parents' attention

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