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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are pretty lazy these days in general. Anyone who works in a school knows this. Flame away. But nothing is ever their fault or responsibility, or their kids. This is our education crisis.[/quote]

Interesting perspective. I think that what the school expects of me as a parent and what the school expected from my parents are completely different. My parents were responsible for getting me on the bus.

As a parent, I'm responsible for homework, charging chrome books, spirit days, snacks, other dress up days, and a never-ending parade of extras. I do it and I support the teachers 100% but, seriously, my parents just had to get me on the bus.[/quote]

Agree with the first PP.  The spirit days, class parties and snacks, dress ups etc. are optional and what wealthy schools districts do to make bored SAHMs feel involved.  Kids don’t need these and you don’t have to participate.  Send your kid in regular clothes on “crazy clothes” day.  No one cares, truly.

But schools now are expected to provide all the necessities that really and truly are a parents responsibility: [b]clothes, food, medical and psychological care, more[/b]. [/quote]

Must depend on the school district but I don't see any of this. Clothes?
I don't think the lunch programs have changed significantly but the food can barely be called food at any rate. At my school, a soft pretzel with nacho "cheese" is lunch. Obesity problem, anyone?
Medical care? What?
I can see that there's more psychological support, though. I thought that was a result of SEL. [/quote]

Low SES schools are trying to take on as much of all of these as they can. Our school has donation drives that help stock closets for local schools with students that need them. [/quote]

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