article_snippet: It's one teacher who was really trying to do teacher Darlene Porter due diligence, quite honestly,"
article_snippet: Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
article_snippet: Despite the Philadelphia Inquirer intentions, the permissions slips were lambasted by Internet users. '
article_snippet: Some poor tree had to give Some poor tree life for this idiocy,' one commenters said on the parenting blog Free-Range Kids.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Lower Merion School District said that the teacher was 'trying to do the teacher due diligence' but there was no requirement that permission slips be sent home .
article_snippet: Did Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young ask permission to send this permission slip?'
highlights_snippet: Administrators say that the much-criticized effort was 'due diligence' 