Hold on now. The problem is, back in the day you could tell a kid to be sure to tell their parents something at the end of the day and you could count on the fact that they would actually do it. That isn't the case these days. Kids just don't care and even worse, the parents don't care. However, they will be the first ones to point their fingers at the school district and claim communication is not happening because their perfect little angel would never lie to them or not pass something along to them. Ask me how I know... :P
This is exactly my point. This shirking of human responsibility and accountability isn't new, it is just speeding up and creating more separation between people who used to have the skills to raise children and speak with people.