Is there a reason why you believed those forms were real? I would have called the school and asked questions before I handed over the money. He has been pitching a fit for a game that he wants and that is probably what the money will be spent on. As far as the clock goes, if I wanted to make sure he was out of there every morning in a timely manner I would set it my self. Afterall, who is the person that suffers the most when he does not make it to the bus on time?

Have his dad check the clock nightly.

If it is not set and he misses the bus - then tell husband he has to take him to school.

Especially if you all don't get along. Don't bother with it.

Make the kid start learning some responsibility.

Hell my daughter is 13 and she has been getting her self up since she was about 11. I still check to see that she is up. But dang - he will never be responsible.

Still has to be told to get up EVERY morning-has slept through work shifts and would miss school to sleep in if Dh let him-

Everything is last minute with this kid-he is hardly ever on time (much like BM).

Step Parenting – you might need to step back before you step in something!

did that song and dance for his oldest and ya know what...it still didnt help cuz he knew there would be NO reprecussions from dear old daddy..
I will have to admit I did check on my bioson every morning before I went to work (while he was still in school), and if he was still laying there I would say hey time to get up...and he would no arguing no moaning. once he graduated and got a job NO WAY he had to get up on his own.

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

with SD 17. She tells DH to wake her up at 6:00 am every day. He does, then she tells him 30 more minutes. This goes on until 7:30 when we leave the house. At 7:30 she is still in bed when we leave. She has until 8:15 to get to school in the next town. Then he has to call her after we get to work to make sure she got up.

They go through this same routine EVERY DAY. Why does DH entertain this? If she were mine, I would tell her to set her cell phone alarm and get herself up. She's old enough. That's just me though. My BD 11 gets up after the first time I wake her up - everytime! In a couple of years I will tell BD she has to set her alarm.

"OCD sucks"
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to destroy.
--Henri de Lubac

setting the alarm clock, then putting it somewhere different each time (under the bed, behind a lamp), so he has to get up to find it?
He might find this so annoying that he might learn to actually do it himself. It's not nitpicking to expect a 16-year-old to look after himself. Dad isn't doing a good job of parenting if the kid can't take care of himself in adulthood.
I wake up my middle-schooler each morning -- BUT HE'S 11!

I'll have to keep those filed away if ever I have problems with my SS!!

When the alarm clock goes off and lazyass teenager doesn't get up, walk into his room, lift up the mattress and dump him on the floor.

If you live in a winter environment and don't want to lift a mattress, open the windows and take the covers off the bed.

Then bring on Vicki's solution above and you should be all set }:)