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Quote: The books did not change, they will be using two books for the class now. After I got home last night, I grilled both DDs on the book issue. Both maintain that they were just told yesterday. The teacher's reasoning for adding the Study Guide now, was that he did not want all the...

mom'sfolly : Again, public school teachers are not unionized in Texas. True, but I'm from California and they are. I agree with the spending on special needs. I hear and read in the news how more money is needed for the less fortunate families to have all of these special programs, like...

Quote: I think the problem is at least five fold; 1)idiot politicians, 2) too many school districts, 3)bad spending policies by the administration, 4) teachers and 5) apathetic parents. 1) Idiot politicians, that's self-explanatory. 2) There are a lot of school districts here in Texas (just...

Sonoran - Yes, DD's just found out about the text today. Unlike most years, we could not buy anything but the basic school supplies (paper, pens, etc.), until school started and the teachers handed out their specific lists. I read the syllabus (when provided) and supply lists and this was not...

I was just notified by DD that once again, we need to purchase another book that she needs for her high school class, that the school is not providing and she needs it by Monday. This is the 3rd time this semester that we received a last minute purchase notification. What's the point of...