Now I'm hot...

...We are 3 (THREE) weeks into the Fall 2011-2012 school year and my child STILL doesn't have any textbooks. His only homework assignment  to date has been to go online and print out 10 facts about the penny. When I asked him in what context did this assignment have to do with what he was currently learning in the classroom, he said "nothing." Ok, so his teacher woke up that morning and plucked out of the air the idea to have him and the rest of his class do research on the penny. Curious... In her report, Dr. Myrtle Campbell writes:  "The Gary Community School Corporation offers the best choice for your child to receive a full range of educational resources."  Uh huh...right! I have yet to see it. And then to make matters worse, the other day I was reading in the Post-Tribune that the Munster schools have "a $2.5 million deal for 2,940 laptops for students in grades 5-12." The laptops were distributed in black carrying cases with each student's name on them. AND YET, my son and his classmates STILL DO NOT HAVE TEXTBOOKS! Indiana's new voucher program is looking pretty good right about now.