APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) - Another meeting comes and goes without a decision on whether to reinstate a controversial truancy ordinance in Appleton.

After two alders on the city's Safety and Licensing Committee changed the original resolution, committee members collectively decided to table a vote until their next meeting. This decision came after several hours of lively discussion.

Appleton Area School District officials have asked the city of Appleton to reinstate a truancy ordinance to help them with attendance. According to district officials, last school year 29.1 percent of their high school students were chronically absent (missing 10 percent of school days during the year) and 33.8 percent of high school students met the criterion for being habitually truant last semester (missing so

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