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The school should give you a reason, because honestly, they're outliers in this regard. You can also invite everyone for a playdate in a park, and have a sign-up sheet with contact info.[/quote]

OP here.

I asked them about it and they said it's corporate policy (this is a center that is a franchise of a larger company). We really love it there, but this one policy is annoying and frustrating.

I like the idea of a class-wide playdate at a park -- doing it at the beginning of the year as a "get to know you" thing could work.

I'll ask about room parent -- she hasn't had one in the rooms she's been in so far, but I don't know if that changes as they get a little older. [/quote]

I would wonder if their corporate policy just means that they won't give the directory to you.   They can't police how you gather personal information that is freely given to you.  Using the example above, how could they police what you did at a park? Or just put out a sheet at back to school night.[/quote]

OP here. No, I can't imagine they'd be opposed to people sharing their personal information with one another.

My guess is they had some sort of bad experience in the past with having a school directory and therefore decided against doing it in the future. [/quote]
This is not uncommon.  For example our elementary school won't share a class email list for privacy reasons even though the teachers do have one, so the room parents just gather contact information to the best to their ability.  I would try to gather that information and share it communally rather than just sending an individual invite to write only you with contact information.[/quote]

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