Tomorrow at noon (Friday), with the last bell of the school year sounding, thousands of high schoolers will burst out of the gates in jubilant jubilation. But if you listen carefully, beyond the shouts of “freedom!” , you will hear another, muffled and more melancholic sound: the sound of their parents' bank accounts going into a multi-layered defense.
The great freedom of high schools has long been not only beach and ice popsicles. In 2026, it'…
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Tomorrow at noon (Friday), with the last bell of the school year sounding, thousands of high schoolers will burst out of the gates in jubilant jubilation. But if you listen carefully, beyond the shouts of “freedom!” , you will hear another, muffled and more melancholic sound: the sound of their parents' bank accounts going into a multi-layered defense.
The great freedom of high schools has long been not only beach and ice popsicles. In 2026, it'…