D.C. Judge Says Court Staff Didn't Follow Through on Jacks
posted 7:15 am Wed January 16, 2008 - WASHINGTON
The Washington Post reports that a counselor at Booker T. Washington Public Charter School asked the court to intervene as a truancy matter after 16-year-old Brittany Jacks was withdrawn from school. She told court officials that Brittany's mother pulled her out of classes against her will. The court's social services workers sent the complaint to the D.C. public school system for follow-up. Chief Judge Rufus King says the court did not receive additional information from the D.C. public schools or Booker T. Washington and that the court did not follow up.
Judge King has ordered a review of the case.The decomposing bodies of Brittany and her sisters were found last week. Their mother, 33-year-old Banita Jacks, is being held without bond on murder charges.
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Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com
Latest Comment on D.C. Judge Says Court Staff Didn't Follow Through on Jacks
Cherrylicious
9:03 am on 01/16/08
I understand budgets, and I understand stress in workplaces, however I do not understand how so many different agencies did such an injustice to these beautiful girls and the mother. I bet everyone (that has been involved) is looking for their Jacks paperwork, if they weren?t sitting on it, they were eating on it. The way this case has been handled is deplorable. Just imagine if the court had a worker who was just as concerned as the person who filed the claim.....just imagine? For this person who took the time to even say something and move on it?.you are making me a believer, that there are still people with compassion and morals.
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