Should it be law that parents held accountable for kids actions in Grades 1-12?

[Patrick B]

To a certain extent yes.

Many parents only get involved with their kids school work once the kid is failing or when the kid has broken a rule and is being punished, and at that point, they're not working with the school, they're working to get their kid out of trouble.

If a child is disrespectful, disruptive or violent, a teacher has no recourse. They can give detention (which kids don't care about) suspension (yay a few days out of school) or send the kids to the principal, who also has no real authority. If a teacher does assign a punishment, it only works if a parent backs up the teacher, which many parents aren't willing to do.

Parents treat schools like babysitters and nannies. They want the school to do all the work, until they disagree with how their child is being treated.