Reader says What about the false claims of lost or damaged books
So many of you seem focused on only the activities fees. What about the false claims of lost or damaged books, first made a mere week or two prior to graduation?
So now you are “leveraged’ to pay something that you don’t even owe. The truth is, that if you paid that or if your child was allowed to continually, year after year, participate in activities without any payment from you and you just paid that now, you have been taken.
If you don’t want to do anything about it, you only make yourself look more foolish by putting down others who do. Some of you here say you don’t agree with the activity fees, but you pay them anyway. Well, if they allow your child to participate without your consent and payment, you owe them nothing.
One person here said he (or she) “deferred” payment as a protest and then paid it all in the end. And you feel this somehow makes you able to judge others? That’s just plain silly, almost child-like. And what did you prove? That you can pay a bill real late? These people were raising these fees as much as 25% a year and you went for it, when in truth, you did not have to. I’ve got news for you , my children would be more embarrassed to have a sheep like you for a parent than someone who won’t be taken advantage of.
Activity fees are not a problem to me, but the method that they use to track books is haphazard.
Even if someone finds a lost book and turns it in you can still be charged for the book. Someone can turn in your book and say that they have been using it – and you will pay for the missing book. If they are going to charge $75 then they should be more careful about their tracking system.
They need a real database of books handed out and teachers who will use it. At the library returned books sometimes are not scanned in and a customer will be charged. If you think that you were charged in error they will look on the shelf or look at the database. If they find the book they will reversr the charge. At the high school they just charge you and you have no way of identifying an error.