Parents and school involvement
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| 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?

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Yes. We. Did.
Doesn't your children's school do curriculum mapping? Don't they have council meetings open to the parents where curriculum planning, design and time tabling are discussed? Can't you find out this information on your school's website with benefit of a password for your particular teacher's page?
A teacher confronted by a parent at the very start of the school year to discuss his/her curriculum can only conclude one thing - that you think he/she's an idiot. As a parent of a child in that same class, I would be upset if the teacher took you seriously and actually changed the curriculum on the basis of what a single parent demanded. But I doubt any teacher does much in response to your confrontations, other than cringe at your request for the next meeting.
Sure, actually, there are two such posts:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pssahwoh/?msg=17972.1816
And here:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pssahwoh&msg=17972.1979
I can see how you get that impression since you have jumped to many faulty conclusions. It seems to be a fairly typical pattern for you.
Ftr, my dd is not going the traditional path.That is all I will say regarding the bait you continually toss out in debate.
Edited 9/10/2007 8:42 am ET by currieri
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