I agree that this is not Hacker News.

On the other hand, this relates to one of my pet causes. It is a shame that the boy’s parents have no options except to A) petition the school board for relief B) mount a political campaign to unseat the school board incumbents and then reform the school system (a large undertaking) or C) move to another school district. Why can’t they just take their money to a better run competitor?

School choice doesn’t answer every school quality problem, but there is a certain perverse anti-logic in bureaucratic monopolies that pervades much of what goes on in primary education.

Hopefully my rising to the bait won’t pollute Hacker News discourse too much, as only those who click on this comment thread will read my comment.