Parents No Longer Allowed Visiting Their Child's School Unannounced

Parents are no longer allowed visiting their child's school unannounced.

Parents like me are very involved in their children's lives. Whether it is their recreational activities, or their education. We are responsible for their up bringing, and should raise them up in the way they should go. We can not be with them at all times and therefore must sometimes trust that they will be well taken care of by the person assuming responsibility of their care, at the moment. A parent should not interfere with the person who assumes the responsibility, but they should be aware of the obvious, that you can't trust just anybody. So if a parent decides that she wants to pop up at her child's school to make sure that he or she is in good care then a parent should have that right.

Schools and educators use to always encourage the parents to be involved in their child's education. Whether volunteering at their schools, meeting with the teacher to assess his or her behavior, or just by simply poking your head in at the school for a few moments just to see what goes on during the course of the day. These were considered methods to help empower parents to have involvement in their child's educational needs. Those were the days when it was all about the children and not the teachers. Now, parents are in a way being muzzled. Their parental power is being stripped away from them by the Board Of Education who says that parents popping up at the schools unannounced are hindering the educational process; it's a distraction for the teachers. Then on top of that, they now have the right not to take any questions from parents at the Board Of Education meetings. Basically saying they really don't care about whatever concerns parents have. So how did it go from being about the learning and welfare of the students, to the comfort of the teachers?

We blame the students when they have problems in class but instead I think we need to look at the teachers. I've popped up at my child's school and found that the teacher was doing something that we both knew was wrong and had I not popped up it would have continued. They would like for parents to make an appointment before they just show up, but that defeats the purpose. If the teacher knew I was coming she would have made sure everything was the way it should be. I consider these premeditated visits.

I know that a comfortable environment creates a better learning atmosphere, but it is not the parents that disturb and distract. Yes, there are a few incidents when an irate parent can cause a disturbance but it's not reason enough to band all parents. That's our right these are our children. If the children catch onto the fact that the parents are losing their privileges to be involved in their education, they are not going to take getting an education as seriously as they should; obviously because once they see their parents are not enthused then they too lose their enthusiasm. So let's make this about the children. The teachers are the advisors, and the parents are the enforcers. It takes an entire village to raise a child. Grace&Peace