Public education isn't evil. It can work out well just as it may end poorly.

That being said, the fact that Williams-Bolar committed fraud is true, and she is serving her punishment for that. Whether or not her actions are justified, the fact that she felt compelled to deceive a good school to accept her children isn't acceptable.

The current public education system restricts children to the district and the school they are designated, and there are times when neither children nor parents are able to anything about it. Some schools do a very poor job at what they should be doing, and that will have a great effect on the children's later prospects.

When parents and children are stuck with a school like that, they have very few options. They can buy their way into a better school district if they have the money. Otherwise, they are confined.

If the parents aren't wealthy enough to move into another district, that doesn't mean that their children somehow deserve a less comprehensive education. Some people may not appreciate the fact that their taxes go to educating other, poorer children, but the wealth gap really shouldn't control what opportunities we allow people to have. Preventing these children from getting a decent education will only widen that wealth gap and cripple our country's everything.

The problem presented isn't so much in the problems caused by the mother, but by the problems that caused her actions. I can sympathize.

Eh, NeatoSamurai, NeatoPlatypus, and/or NeatoShark?

Ooh, I would love to have the book, oh, or the Be Careful shirt. T-shirt M, if you please. (Neatorama is awesome.)