New to the forum and just reading through older posts. I was reflecting on this today as it was the last day of school for my children. This past year has been a nightmare trying to do the job of the public school system for my young disabled child. I'm sure politicians will try to leverage this issue in midterm elections, and I can't blame them although it is more complicated for me than just politics. It was really a realigning of my understanding. I learned that our public school system only values my disabled daughter to the extent that she can provide them with a salary and federal tax funding. The role that unions played in this was by far the biggest disappointment of my life. They singularly represented the teachers interests and the board of education members only listened to the teachers.