[Boxsford]

Along these same lines I just heard on FOX news about a school district that has imposed a 'tardy tax' that amounts to $168.00. The interesting thing about the report was the police involvement. The 'gates' of the school closes at a certain time in the morning and then some kind of social officer patrols around the school and picks up late-comers. It was a surreal piece of news reporting. (there actually was an ironwrought gate)All the gates were locked except one. A police officer was interviewed and was stating that there is a problem with lateness at the school and it disrupts classes, blah,blah,blah and I kept wondering why in the world a police officer was injecting himself into a tardy problem with a school district.

[WackyKat]

All these repressive school policies share a common idea; children are being trained to live in a police state and think of it as perfectly normal

The same with surveillance cameras everywhere- even some people on this forum defend their omnipresence.

What is coming is frightening.

[ladylib]

Because everything is criminalized today. Cops are patrolling schools, ticketing kids for things that principals used to handle.

Parents better wake up. By sending your kid to public schools with these policies, you're taking a big chance that your kid could be charged with a crime for behavior that was once handled by the school.

It's not worth it.

[Protagoras]

The frog is cooking.

Next up, a plethora of authoritarians masquerading as conservatives flooding the thread with admonitions about rules and consequences.