OneOfMany, I see what you are saying. But I actually think it should be the exact opposite. I think the PARENTS are the most responsible for their children’s chinuch, and the schools should try to “enforce” the rules when they’re in school. I can’t stand it when parents do nothing to give their children a love and appreciation for Judaism and its laws and customs, and leave it up the school to do it. The schools’ job, in my opinion, is to be a school. Not to be a parent. I may be biased because my mom is in an authoritative position at a school, and I see how some parents give NOTHING to their children at home and hope the school does it all for them. And those kids are usually the ones who don’t have a love for Judaism, don’t have complete faith in G-d, etc., because it is not the teacher’s job to give all that. The teacher is there to teach. Everything else should come from the home, and because of this, I don’t think schools should have authority over children when they are not at school. At those times, the parents are in charge, and the kids should not be controlled by school rules.
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