Notes

There was one incident in my hometown that made me want to tear my hair out. A family moved in a few years ago, they had two children, a boy and a girl. The mother was looking for work as a teacher, but there was no openings so she worked as an aide. My mother was on the school board at the time, and she noticed that parents were complaining about the lady as she was apparently ignoring students and favoring others, getting angry when her children got bad grades from the other teachers, etc.
Mom invited her to the next school board meeting to discuss the situation, and the lady went nuts. The conversation broke down into screaming, and the lady swore she would take Mom's spot on the board. Sure enough, when election sign ups went up online she was the only person who ran against Mom. After months of an attempted smear campaign, Mom won the election with more than 200 votes. The lady only got 5, all from her extended family.
So what does the lady do? She decides to pull both of her children out of public school as she doesn't want them "corrupted" by the teachers and the board. The son was a senior in high school, months away from graduation, and the daughter was in middle school. My sister was in her class, and she said the daughter screamed and kicked her mom as she dragged her out of the classroom to check her out, begging her not to do it. She left all of her stuff in her locker, and the school had to send it to them. When Mom heard the news she was horrified and tried to talk to the family, but the father had been browbeaten by his wife and refused to put the kids back in public.
It's been a couple of years since then. The mom "homeschooled" the kids, but the son works in the oil field and is trying to get his GED. The daughter is a complete rebel and has been arrested numerous times for drunk driving and vandalism. But the mom still has the audacity to act smug whenever someone runs into her at the grocery store. "At least my children know how to live in the real world!" Sure Kathy, keep telling yourself that when you have to bail your kid out from jail.