I received a private e-mail communication in response to my post titled Case history.

The communication is copied below in its entirety, with any individually identifiable information redacted out of respect for the sender.

""As you well know, our schools are an absolute mess, and I for one do not trust the judgment of many of the administrators and teachers."

Did you really mean to say this in a public forum? What do attribute this mess to? What do you do for a living? Should I attack your profession in a public forum. I wouldn't, I am not that type of person. Evidently you are. Thanks for showing your true colors. You might check the law to see what teachers are required to report and how it must be done."

Yes, I really meant to say this in a public forum.

The law(s) you are referring to are Kansas Statute 38-1522, 38-1522b, 38-1523, and several others. I will not bore the readers with the contents, and yes, I have read these statutes. No where in the statutes are the words "mandated reporter" used.

I do not believe there are many parents on this forum, with school aged children, who have not experienced frustration with the public school system. From the dumbing down of the academic standards to the complete lack of discipline by many in the schools. I could go on, however this is not the place.

I have been on our public schools Site Council, and am quite familiar with the many failures of the public school system.

I pulled one high school underclassmen out of the public school system and he is attending a Parochial High School, and next year his younger brother will follow, and the following year, my daughter.