Kathy, That is horrible. What good is our laws and court systems? It's
really sad.

I'm praying for you and Greg and for Chris and everyone in your family.

God Bless you.

Love,
Pat Ferguson



At 01:49 PM 12/8/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>         Well, there isn't much to tell really, but I thought that I'd pass
>along the latest as a sad commentary on the educational and probation
>systems for our youth of today.
>         The school still regards us as Chris's legal guardians even though
>he has moved out and is now living on his own.  This means that they
>continue to send us letters informing us of Chris's latest
>antics.  Well, yesterday Chris served his third in house
>suspension.  This means that he couldn't attend class, but he had to
>sit in some holding room, under supervision I suppose, and do his
>work.  They included, along with this notice, a copy of their
>suspension policy and a copy of the notice that Chris signed,
>admitting to the offence of being tardy for one class more than ten
>times.  We're so proud.  He signed it Mickey mouse."  It states in
>their policy that after the second suspension the parents are
>supposed to be called in for a conference.  We were never called for
>anything so Greg called to talk to the principal to find out if a
>meeting were being planned or something and the principal said
>basicly, "oh no!  Chris is one of the better kids.  We don't bother
>with that sort of thing unless the student is causing real trouble!"
>           We also called the probation officer to tell her about the latest
>and to ask her if she wanted us to continue to keep her
>informed.  She thanked us for the information and said that she would
>like to continue to be informed, but she also said that she probably
>wouldn't bother to do anything with the information.  She also
>reminded us that, as of January 11, she's done with him.  What is the
>point of setting up  expectations in a probation if they mean
>nothing?  Since chris hasn't killed anybody, I guess that he'll just
>be allowed to go off into the sunset; continuing to do his stupid,
>disrespectful stuff until it bites him, if it bites him in this crazy
>society at all.
>          This is why most kids today don't take the rule of law
>seriously.  Neither the school, nor the courts really mean what they
>say  and the kids know it.
>Kathy