tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post447607198465963636..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Not Far EnoughDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-38143537719622537032010-12-06T10:55:58.319-08:002010-12-06T10:55:58.319-08:00The Hartzell v Connell law is a good one that pupi...The Hartzell v Connell law is a good one that pupils would benefit from because public school would be an equal playing field in any economic time. Districts allowed wealthy parents to gouge out what they want for their children and forced the rest of the families to "keep up with the Joneses" in tax-payer funded schools - and this was when the economy was great and parents had plenty of money to spend.Now many of those parents are trapped in school activities that have expenses that are enormous with no monitoring by the Districts and they are going into debt trying to provide these activities to the point that they can't pay their bills. The ACLU settlement with the State of California must hold districts accountable and force districts to stop forcing teachers to collect school fees to generate revenue. It must be carefully crafted to protect students for decades. It would be another travesty of justice if the ACLU settlement with the State of California empowers boosters and foundations to continue the arm-twisting of parents for so-called donations as is what is happening now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com