Do public elementary schools (MoCo) have open houses?

[Anonymous]

DD will be in K next year. We are leaning towards private but I would like to visit our local ES also. Are their formal open houses? Do I just stop by? Call up for a tour?

[Anonymous]

Call for a tour.

[Anonymous]

Open house is Columbus Day, which has passed already. You have several choices: call up and ask if you can have a tour (they could very well say no); stop in and ask for a tour at a later date; show up for K orientation in the spring, where you will meet the K teachers and see the classrooms, etc. If your other option is private, you probably don't want to wait for orientation. I would call the office and explain your situation and see if someone would be available to give you a tour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Open house is Columbus Day, which has passed already. You have several choices: call up and ask if you can have a tour (they could very well say no); stop in and ask for a tour at a later date; show up for K orientation in the spring, where you will meet the K teachers and see the classrooms, etc. If your other option is private, you probably don't want to wait for orientation. I would call the office and explain your situation and see if someone would be available to give you a tour.

NP here--I had no idea about Columbus day! My DC is also starting K next year and I would have loved to stop by.

[Anonymous]

In our ES, Columbus Day open houses are only for parents of kids already attending the school.

[Anonymous]

I agree-- Columbus Day is usually for current parents. However, if you call, the schools usually have arrangements for visits-- sometimes they have one day a month or weekly times.

[Anonymous]

Our school had an open house for prospective K parents in February, and then some kind of registration visit in May, I think. I'm sure you could try to do a solo tour if it's pressing. Just call the school and ask.

[Anonymous]

Our MoCo school (Rosemary Hills) offers tours to prospective parents. You just call and they tell you the available times/dates.

[Anonymous]

My school had open house in the spring for Kindergarten. You should call the schools and they will let you know the time or may let you tour.

[Anonymous]

Most elementary schools have a Kindergarten registration program in March or April, where you can receive a tour and the children will have a chance to meet some of the other kids they'll go to school with.

[Anonymous]

At my local elementary, you call the school and ask. The tours are actually conducted by the PTA. Every single person on the tour was choosing between public and private. And based on the questions some of them asked, they should stick with private!