forms forms and more forms

You would think by now they had everything automated and we could just log in somewhere and fill everything out and they could access it from some centrally located place down at that board of education, but I guess that's too much to ask. After fighting the crowds at Staples, then Walmart and Target for school supplies, my kids come home from their first day of school not with homework for them but for ME. 2 hours later I have signed my name 2 dozen times, pledging that I have reviewed the rules of conduct for school with my kids, tracked down the phone numbers of their doctor, plus 2 emergency contacts (in triplicate...) sigh. At least neither of them came home complaining that they got beat up on the playground or anything.