Quick - shut the gates!

Another schools story - hot on the heels of the one about the parents who were fined for taking their children on holiday in term time, we learn that a couple of schools in the Milton Keynes area are proposing to fine parents whose children are consistently late in arriving in the mornings.  Opinion seems to be divided as to whether this is a good idea or not, but to me it simply seems to be yet another example of the attitude that children exist for the benefit of schools, whereas of course it should be the other way round.  A little more humility wouldn't go amiss - teacher is not always right you know.  And an afterthought - where does the money thus collected go??