Parents often feel the only option is to be satified with what is offered because they don't have the power to change an entire system's way of doing things. The complaints reported through monitoring seem to fly out with the wind. Many parents speak of telling monitoring of non-compliance issues, but nothing seems to come of it. If you write letters about compliance issues, you receive nice responses that tell you how the state has these great laws and incentives, and how most parents are satisfied, but they share in your concerns. Thanks for writing, we are done with you.
Some school districts threaten parents with due process.
Most parents don't understand the process, and fear the finanical, time and emotional stress could be too much. If you find the numbers to call and complain, and would simply want to complain about systemic issues and not make an issue about your individual, you are greeted with official complaint forms to fill out. All because you simply want to help identify issues and barriors in the system. Parents, let us hear from you. We'll add them to this list.