Yeah, Right, Whatever

So, I'm driving home from my close encounter with a 20 gauge needle, and I notice a herd of skulls full of mush walking up a side street toward the highway, waving... wait for it... Mexican flags. When I got to the house, I called the school to inform them that they had some escapees. The nice secretary told me that they knew, and they were taking care of the situation. The exchange went something like this:

"Vista Ridge High School, may I help you?"
"I was wondering if you knew that you are missing some students."
*sigh* "Yes, we are aware of that. The Vice Principal saw them leave. We're taking care of it. Evidently they're on their way to Whataburger."
"WHATABURGER? Is that how you protest these days?"
"I guess the socially conscious thing to do these days is to protest immigrant rights at fast food restaurants."
"um... will they be punished for this?"
"Oh, yeah... starting with unexcused absences. Not sure about after that. The principal hasn't decided yet."

So... when you want to show your support for amnesty and whatever else they're "rallying" for, the best way to do that is to break the law (truancy laws and all that) to march down a side street where not a whole lot of people will see you, and invade a local fast food establishment.

According to the LISD High School Handbook, they could either receive unexcused absences or something called "failure to attend".

Failure to Attend: A student fails to attend school when the student misses a class or classes without parental consent. A student who fails to attend school is subject to campus disciplinary consequences and may also be referred to the appropriate justice court. These absences are coded (F) on attendance printouts. Each class missed will result in disciplinary action.

I hope the principal goes that route. These kids have no idea what it is they are "protesting"- I dare say, based on where they were headed, they're not even protesting. They're using other people's protests as an excuse to cut class. Throw the book at them for their abject stupidity.