Our school district is having financial troubles, requiring the consideration of school closures. Some parents are choosing to use their kids as political tools with the school district, or to dump their own fears of change onto their child.

It's not a new tactic. 

Here's my response:

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/letters/article_ff7b2e86-0bf5-11e1-9c5a-001cc4c002e0.html

Paul