We're certainly entering an era of "bridge too far" with education and its great that parents (from both sides of the aisle) are standing up to the BS. My only hope is that it will continue. The parents at my daughter's school stood up to the administration and we were able to restore the honors programs that the principal tried to eliminate. Sometimes all it takes is calling out their BS. As a matter of note, the principal was forced to resign due to pressure from both parents and teachers. Not necessarily for this incident, but as one teacher stated for "catastrophic incompetence". It also resulted in the Superintendent retiring early as the Principal was her hand picked choice (happened to be a friend of hers).That has been our experience as well. It will be interesting to see how things change over the next few years. My impression is that the level of disconnect between many school districts' policies and a significant portion of their population is becoming larger. I'd guess that schools will lose and/or have already lost an inordinate proportion of high performers as they are creating an incentive to go the private and/or home school route. Homeschoolers in CA are allowed to take college courses for dual credit. No need for AP classes if you take the actual college course. I wouldn't be surprised to see an effort by those in public education to limit the availability to take college courses while still in HS. Personally, I find it unfortunate. It's interesting in the efforts to be more inclusive many school districts appear to be pushing some out the door for greener pastures.