More anecdotal evidence. Lastw eek, my 11 year old daughter, visiting from Evanston, IL, was not permitted to spend the day with her friend at school in Fairfax Co., VA; policy, they said. It may have been liability. But when I was growing up, it wouldn't have been a problem. --jks
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>Here I agree with Carrol. Also, there's the guilt placed upon working moms.
>I suspect schools are more "policed" or repressive now than they were a
>generation ago. This is just a guess. Anecdotal evidence alert: I remember
>back in the late '80s when my public high school campus was "closed" so
>that
>students could no longer roam off campus during lunch or breaks. Students
>protested by wearing black and white striped t-shirts with their ID numbers
>written on them like prisoner tags.
>
>Peter
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