I come to this thread fresh from a meeting with my son's AVP -- my son is a difficult to deal with 18 year old - senior - ready (we hope and pray ) to graduate this year....

Problem - he goes to regular High School half the day and Technical High School (auto tech classes) half the day. His 'home' high school has a rule - thou shalt not drive to technical High school - thou shalt take the bus. I have had about ten meetings with the school on the subject -- his father and I are ok if he drives, if he wraps himself around a tree (which we hope won't happen) we will not hold the school responsible. Can he please drive his safe, insured, airbagged and seatbelted car to tech. high school? We finally were offered a compromise -- if we send a note - EVERY DAY excusing him from school to home then we can drive him to Tech High School. But I said, we are willing to arrange that he GET to Tech High School - ie, drive himself. No go -- we have to take him. But excuse me, I said, he is 18 -- do you get to impose your rules on him when he is released from school into our care. Well, yes we do, they said. And by the way, he had better not take any of his friends in his fcar with him as that will be HIS FAULT and result in more detentions.

Couldn't he be a part time student so these rules don't apply? Well, no because part time students are always in their fifth year of high school. Could we pretend he is a fifth year student -- well, heavens above--if we did they might all be asking for that privilege.

I looked the AP in the face and said are you SERIOUS - and he said, YES, we have rules to follow. How can any intelligent thinking person survive that environment?????