"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>
>
>> That, and a generation of parents who apparently pay no attention to
>> their
>> kids' written work. The words "That's not good enough. Please write it
>> again." should be part of every parent's vocabulary. It's not just the
>> teacher's job.
>
> At least it's part of the teacher's job. My wife is president of a
> school board. Writing literacy is the number one priority in that
> district. It said so in the board minutes. The board minutes had words
> that weren't spelled correctly, grammar errors, sentences that made no
> sense and statements that were just plain wrong. When my wife pointed
> these out, she was told that it wasn't important.

She should've sent it to the local newspapers & broadcast media.
Embarrassment is a powerful tool.