Leon wrote:

The fact that the parent did not show up for the meeting that he scheduled
SHOULD be reason enough for the fine.

How about a reciprocal law, that if the parent makes an appointment for,
say, 4:00 and the teacher keeps the parent waiting until 4:30, the
teacher has to pay the parent $500?

How about extending the law to doctors who keep their patients waiting,
drivers license and vehicle registration lines, etc., where ANY
professional or beaurocrat who keeps you waiting a half hour or more has
to pay you $500?

I'd bet the teacher unions would be screaming bloody murder over a
proposal that put the shoe on the other foot.



do you understand that the cost is not a direct one???? Do you think
prisons run for free? Who do you think it is that pays for welfare?

Can you prove a cause-and-effect relationship between any parent's
failing to cancel a meeting with a teacher and his child turning to a
life of crime or living on the government dole? NO? I thought not.