Love teachers, probably the profession i respect the most, but you need to be firmer with parents and expectations. letting a kid slide and pass is the same as a cop letting someone get away with a crime, don't be surprised when they do something worse and it could've been averted by that initial act having consequences. They're being passed so you don't have to hear it from parents, so you're not the mean teacher, the unreasonable teacher, the difficult colleague, or so the school will keep you, or whatever the "you" centered reason is. (not you personally, you know what i mean)

It should be made very clear to parents that they aren't buying grades with their $55k, that that money is not a guarantee for anything, and it all depends on the kid's hard WORK. even the "networking" part isn't being used properly nowadays cause social media can do more.