I'm happy to see the Fremont Union School District is taking the initiative in asking families to provide more documentation when registering their students in the district. While I feel sorry for the students who have been wronged by their parents, I think the district is doing the right thing by asking those who don't belong to leave.

Our schools are very overcrowded, and it is discouraging as a legitimate resident to find out that there could be hundreds of students filling up our classrooms who don't belong there.

What are parents teaching their children when they themselves cheat and lie to get the children into a school they don't belong in?

Can these same parents get mad when they find out that their child has cheated on a test in hopes of a better grade and the chance at a better college? I think not since they have taught their children that it is okay to cheat the system to get what you want.

Some may try to place blame on the school district for sending a student back to the school they belong to and separating them from their friends, but the blame should lie solely on the parents who put their own children in the situation to begin with.

Cheating and lying to get into a school or to get a better grade is wrong. It's time to teach our children that honesty and integrity will get them through life, not what high school they attended.

Cathy Gatley

Cupertino