Seeing Double

This one is for the LMC's consideration:

To Keep Twins In Same Class, Parents Seek Legislators' Help.

The article tracks efforts in various states to get what amount to parental choice statutes passed to give parents greater input in the decision whether their twin children are put in the same classroom or split up (as seems to be the common practice).

My first reaction was to wonder why on earth something like this actually needs to be legislated - surely these are matters that can be worked out on a reasonable case-by-case basis between parents and schools? But no, reading through the piece I find there is enough silliness on both sides to warrant not leaving them unsupervised.

Yips! to Ann Althouse.