[Marilyn]

It is a very sad situation, and I'm not exagerating. A very dear friend of ours is an assistant principal at an elementary school. You would be shocked hearing the incidents he tells us about and CPS does nothing. I am so glad that our girls are out of public school. They attended private elementary and entered public school in 6th grade.

If we had it all to do over again, we would have transfered them to a smaller school district a little north of here, or moved if we had to to get them there. For middle school and high school that is.

I'm very disapointed in our public school system. And it's mostly the parent's fault. There is just no discipline or inappropriate discipline. Too many single parents, many who don't have a clue.

Don't get me wrong, I know some very capable single parents, but many of the ones around here were children when they had children and their parents aren't much better. It is very sad.