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Teachers do as they wish, the administration supports the teachers and hides problems, and parental input is not sought on the decision-making process in purchasing or reviewing curriculum. If the parent complains too much, the kid is referred for special ed.

If you name a school district where this happens, I guarantee they'll never be wanting for teachers applying for jobs!

From my knowledge of the subject, parents who b*tch enough get whatever they want.

Wallingford- Swarthmore SD in Wallingford, PA I tried all that. You bitch, they think you are a crackpot and need pacification consisting of many meetngs accomplishing nothing. Before you know it, the school year is mostly gone and your kid is even more miserable because the teachers you were complaining about have taken it out on your kid even more. My kid's last year in school:

langage arts teacher - gave kid a C- even tho all her papers and tests sent home were graded with As. Refused to show me her gradebook and wouldn't explain the grade.

art teacher - couldn't prevent 2 bullies from dumping paint all over my kid at lest once a week. Kid removed from class after I marched kid to principal's office day after day with paint all over her.

math teacher - had a "stupid student" poll posted in his classroom every week on which students were encouraged to vote.

When I went to the administration over and over about all this plus the dumbed-down curriculum, they said my kid had a disorganized locker and was being referred for special ed evaluation for disorganization. Oh and of course, because she was being referred for specal ed she'd have to give up her TAG (talented and gifted) reading class, the only class she liked.

Needless to say I was fed up and yanked her out of there - and wish I had done it years before. She's been happy ever since. Talk about a toxic environment ! There were only 2 teachers there that I respected, and both of them wouldn't come right out and say it but both let me know I was not the only parent having lots of problems with the school.