Parents and school involvement
Find a Conversation
| Thu, 08-23-2007 - 8:49am |
My question stems from a personal experience. My middle child is starting kindergarten next week. I've become fairly close with one of my dd's friend's moms- this is her first child entering the school system. She WOH, I do not, plus I have experience with the school, so she's been calling me with questions and comments.
It started to go bad when she called to complain that the kindy orientation is during the day- when she is working. Then it led to complaints about the parents' read aloud program (when the kids are in library) and other opportunities for volunteerism in the school. I get that these things aren't convenient for her, but I'm getting annoyed with the complaining. How can the kids have an orientation at night when they go to school during the day? None of these events are mandatory for parents or kids. And plenty of activities are scheduled for evenings: Back to school night, the PTA picnic, etc.
She thinks because she can't participate, no one should be able to, apparently. Plenty of WOHP do show up for these things. I think she's being unrealistic if she thought she could put a couple of kids through school without ever taking a vacation day. Am I wrong? Am I missing something here?

Pages
absolutely.
nclb is a heated debate in alot of different forums aside from ivillage. have you read greatschools? doesn't change the fact that there are just as many people who stay,just as many parents who are in fact happy in public schools because their opinions/attitudes are different.
i'm curious if there's a report,statistic of how many people leave in *droves* like you said,though. really. i know many families whose convictions are one school over antoher for reasons like montessori philosophy,christian emphasis,but swapping schools because one school didn't cut it for them? honestly,i don't know many but am curious.
How can the kids have an orientation at night when they go to school during the day?
Our school doesn't have orientation but we have open house.
jackie!!! welcome back!!!
lots of these new posters with bf siggies reminded of you for some reason this week. it's good,good to see you. your siggie's adorable. hugs.
I agree and I also
PumpkinAngel
i doubt you are going to find a study that says why people are leaving schools since one does not have to give a reason to move their child from school to school or to even pull them from school completely.
Pages