High school charges $$ for transcript

Thousands of people are subsidizing your child’s education, speechless, including those who don’t have kids and those whose kids don’t attend public school. I’m not sure why you would object to paying relatively small amounts in support of optional activities your child wishes to pursue, like higher ed. If you would like your school to charge for extracurriculars as well, pursue that. My guess is there are already some costs associated with those participating. Perhaps you can fundraise for your PTA to pay transcript costs if you object that much.