[quote=spdrun]Sprinklers typically work from a roof tank. As I said: no one died. No need to over-react.

And you’re complaining about extravagant spending, but upset that they’re not spending more money on a student that annoys one of yours. What gives?[/quote]

Do I really have to point out the difference between fraud and graft (bad) and special education spending (good)? You’ve made my point perfectly – they wanted to line each other’s pockets but not provide whatever help they could to a disturbed child.

You don’t have kids, but I have never heard of a child (other than this one) threatening to kill the parents of another child. Of course it was ridiculous, but kindergartners don’t know that. A mad child might (not often) threaten to kill another kid (I know of one kid in 4S ranch who tried to strangle a fellow kindergartner, though). Once in a great while you come across a kid who is just bad to the core –