This failure on the part of the many parents in Duval County to respect School Board policies that they voted on causes me grave concern. When I was growing up, parents raised children. They didn't ask children what they wanted to do, or which rules they wanted to obey. Parents are playing with fire by allowing their children to flagrantly disobey published school policies, no matter how insignificant parents might consider them. Rules are rules.
Children learn how to behave by observing their parents.
I remember my parents telling me that the word of the teacher was the equivalent to a command from my parents. Parents, teachers and administration were a unified front. I applaud Superintendent John Fryer and the School Board. The Jacksonville school system is at its highest level of popular support and school achievement in the 16 years that I have lived in this community. Imagine how great our schools could be if parents, rather than working against them by allowing their children to selectively comply with rules, actually cooperated with teachers, principals and the School Board.