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[quote=Anonymous]PP -- I am the poster you are responding to.   Just for the record, I am an elementary school teacher and I can definitely see how kids coming late every single day can be a pain in the a--, and can even (perhaps) impeded the ability of other children to learn... although quite honestly, I think very few classrooms are that finely tuned where a child entering 2 or 4 minutes late EVERY DAY would really, truly hinder much of anything.  I'm just being honest here.

But I'm also a mom, and I know how hard it can be for parents who have had children in their care all their lives, or who have hired private caretakers for their children (private preschools, daycares, babysitters, nannies) to suddenly realize that by turning your children over to the public school for education, you are essentially giving the state a HUGE amount of control over what happens to your child.   Even if you don't feel it is in their best interest to arrive at school on time, or to go to school that particular day, it doesn't matter -- because the state can take you to court, fine you, even throw you in jail for what YOU decide.

If it were a private school, they'd just fine you, or kick your kid out.   Public schools can't do that, so in extreme situations they have to take it to the courts.

I'm not saying that the school wasn't totally provoked into doing this, but I can still see how parents would be pissed about the principle involved.[/quote]

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