<p>Oh wow–these are great stories. In my (limited) experience, there is a subset of teachers and heavily-involved parents in every high school whose reasons for being involved with high schoolers is that they themselves are about 16 years old emotionally. Just way, way overinvested in teen stuff. </p>
<p>Privacy is a concern–I would be very irritated if the woman running our college center (an overinvolved mom by the way) was using her info to be competitive–but her kids are not rocket scientists and her agenda seems to be making sure they are homecoming queens. It’s harmless enough and I do find her machinations amusing.</p>