FUFamiles Have Had Enough!
"I strained my back carrying boxes of paper to her car," complained Walter Jee of Queens, N.Y. whose wife works at PS 899. "It happens every year. It's just too much."
Tired of being asked to assist with school responsibilities, family members of teachers organized themselves into a group called Fed Up Families (FUF). "A few of us met when we traveled with our loved ones to a teacher conference. We had so much in common we decided to stay in touch. It grew from there," explained President Lucille Nana, whose daughter teaches in Chicago.
Nana describes many of the group's early meetings as "bitch sessions." "We had a lot to get off our chests. For
Tired of being asked to assist with school responsibilities, family members of teachers organized themselves into a group called Fed Up Families (FUF). "A few of us met when we traveled with our loved ones to a teacher conference. We had so much in common we decided to stay in touch. It grew from there," explained President Lucille Nana, whose daughter teaches in Chicago.
Nana describes many of the group's early meetings as "bitch sessions." "We had a lot to get off our chests. For