On Feb 5, 11:10?pm, "Leon" wrote:
"Charlie Self" wrote in message

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It got crazy when someone decided a 500 buck fine was appropriate for
not making a meeting with a schoolteacher.

Or crazy changing the whole jest of the new law.

The fine is after making the appointment and not calling to cancel.

I looked back and couldn't find anything about the fine coming after
an appointment is made. It's slightly less retarded then, but still
lacks brilliance.

There has to be some assumption the parent is forced to make an
appointment, because otherwise it makes no sense whatsoever to fine
them for missing a voluntary meeting. Sure, it wastes some of the
teacher's time, but that's been going on for a long, long, long time
and will continue regardless of sanctions.

Do you fine someone who had a blow-out on the way to the appointment,
or simply got caught in traffic, or simply had a moment of
forgetfulness?