[Lil'freeper]

Very good! Wow! She will, of course, take it personally because the assignment was probably her idea. If she is the typical El-ed major she won't be able to comprehend the heart of your argument but will react with anger and fear. But that's ok. More schools need to realize they are not all powerful.

My attention was drawn to one of your points:
It is the job of the Henderson County School Board to make sure my child is properly educated. That is it, period, and end of discussion.

I would submit that this is too open ended. Who decides what "properly" means, what does it include? Using 'educated' gives them too much license. If I had the 'nads to write this letter, I would have stated: "It is the obligation of the Henderson Co. School Board to make sure my child receives instruction in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, social studies, art, music, and P.E. That is it, period, and end of discussion."

Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the parent to educate a child and it sounds like you're doing a great job.

[Fintan]

If she is the typical El-ed major she won't be able to comprehend the heart of your argument but will react with anger and fear.

If she is the typical El-ed major she probably wouldn't understand most of the words over two syllables.