Comments on: Charging parents for detention http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/charging-parents-for-detention/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Engineer-Poet http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/charging-parents-for-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-102981 Engineer-Poet Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:01:48 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12220#comment-102981 Fining the parents is a way to get them to care about the behavior of their child. Fining the parents is a way to get them to care about the behavior of their child.

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]]> By: Margo/Mom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/11/charging-parents-for-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-102910 Margo/Mom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:43:39 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=12220#comment-102910 In my district each high school was allowed to set their own policy about retaking failed classes. Most did not allow them to be made up during the school year. This left two options--summer school, or the adult night school, both of which charged for classes. I tried to raise the issue of free and public education with multiple parties, but was shouted down at every point. I still suspect that the district was in the wrong and if persued in a court of law they would have to renege. I hope that Nutley's nutty idea gets sufficient press to turn parents and others out in droves to oppose it. Of course, challenging the policy may be a damned if you don't, damned if you do sort of thing. After all, isn't it only the bad parents whose kids need detention? In my district each high school was allowed to set their own policy about retaking failed classes. Most did not allow them to be made up during the school year. This left two options–summer school, or the adult night school, both of which charged for classes. I tried to raise the issue of free and public education with multiple parties, but was shouted down at every point. I still suspect that the district was in the wrong and if persued in a court of law they would have to renege.

I hope that Nutley’s nutty idea gets sufficient press to turn parents and others out in droves to oppose it. Of course, challenging the policy may be a damned if you don’t, damned if you do sort of thing. After all, isn’t it only the bad parents whose kids need detention?

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