I dont believe that the teachers are 'forced' to teach to the lowest student in the class. However, I do believe it takes parent involvement in the child's education in order for that child to get the proper help he/she needs. My child is one of those who needs additional help. He is not mentally retarded or anything like that. He just processes information differently than most. So the teachers and I sat down last year to figure out an IEP -Individualized Education Plan. He gets the help he needs and the school provides it. But it was a TEAM effort. The school worked with him and I worked with the school making sure he was getting exactly what he needed. Part of the problem is parents think their job is done once the child walks through the school doors and it doesn't resume until they walk through the front door at home. In actuality the parents should still be part of their childs life even during school hours! Parents at Freeman want to complain then maybe they should look into a mirror first! And if teachers are 'afraid' to work there then parents should be ashamed they have raised such children to incite fear in these civil servants!