Forget your dead dog and get to school

Oct 12 2006

By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

A LIVERPOOL schoolboy who took a day off school to mourn his dog was ordered back to lessons by truancy officers. Charlie Bowden was so upset at losing his dog Susie, who helped him through the death of his mother four years ago, that his father let him take a day off school. But within hours of Cliff Bowden telling teachers his 14-year-old son, who has awards for excellent attendance, was too distraught to attend that day, truancy officers arrived to take him to school. Susie died suddenly on Sunday night and Mr Bowden rang North Liverpool academy the next morning to explain his son was too upset to attend. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT But truancy officers arrived at his door, saying it was not a good enough reason. Today the school apologised and said the officers had been offering Charlie support. Mr Bowden, of Skipton Road, Anfield, said "Charlie had grown up with Susie, and she was always there for him when he lost his mother in 2002. "We were both devastated when she died on Sunday and when he got up for school on Monday, he just didn't feel up to it. "He was worried about getting upset in front of his friends.

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