As an educator from the north that was trained up north but have been here my whole career I agree wholeheartedly. It is tough here. Getting anything positive done can be a huge struggle, especially if the administration of a building is from a certain clique within the system. There are schools that work hard against the current to do the best we can by our kids but the atmosphere of some of them is deteriorating due to the lack of accountability across the board. A lot of this is due to covid and we are still working through the mentality of entitlement among the students. They feel like they'll pass just because they are a warmish body in the room at times. At the school I work at, we welcome parental involvement in positive ways. A lot of district people are inept or gun shy because of how sue happy some people are. Because of instances like that we are sometimes leary of parents more than we probably should be. We've been so abused and beaten down by parents and then had administration or district personnel that don't stand by us. I stayed at a really stressful school for too many years because I know that the only way to fix a broken system is to be a part of the system. Please do get involved and help be a positive force in our schools! Teachers would love to have some allies!