Thanks for the input. Talking with parents with students at other schools, I'm realizing more and more how off track our school is. Our school requires students to take low level classes which gobble up time and prevent students from taking the necessary classes for college. Example: 9th grade science is pre-chem/pre-physics, 10th is Biology, 11th is Chem, 12th is Physics. The honors track should be allowed to go straight to Biology in 9th grade. Also geography is a required class which is very low level--they start off by learning the continents! Students should be allowed to test out of geography. The sad thing is students are given very little information about college admissions. For students who don't seek that information on their own, they will find out much too late that they never even too the right classes. The school is content to push kids off into "filler" classes just so they have 6 classes. All this school seems to be focused on is making sure the students graduate.

I'm going to be following up with the principal/superintendent/school board on this issue. I know it is a situation that has been tolerated by parents for years. I have no idea why people put up with this. I've been told it is due to budget cuts, but the changes that need to be made would cost nothing, so that is no excuse at all.

As far as helping out--I do help out on campus in the concession stands--I guess I never even considered that as being involved. I don't mind helping out, I just don't want to get sucked into any leadership positions, so that is why I say I'm hiding.