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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you expecting to see/not see? I couldn’t imagine a tour of an ES being the tipping point for buying a house in a particular area. (…and in this area by the time you schedule the tour you probably missed out on buying the house!) 🤣[/quote]

Condition/cleanliness of the building,  admin personalities/priorities, messaging in the halls/classroom, quality of the equipment, lunch menus.  When we did a tour, student's were not present.

Given that some schools are "desirable" some people need to see if its worth "less house" for a more desirable school pyramid or if one should go for a different school within that pyramid. [/quote]

+1... also the hallway artwork and stories and projects and after-school activity posters and so-on can give you some feel of the culture of the school as well. It's not perfect but it's better than nothing.

As a parent I have no problem with other prospective parents likewise wanting to do some baseline level of due diligence and getting a level of comfort before enrolling their child when my kids are there. [b]I don't really want my kids going to school with families who are opposed to supervised school visits. It seems paranoid[/b].[/quote]

How about if some woman on the tour wants to talk to the kids and see if they like the school? OK if some rando just talks to a kid on the playground?
How about if some man on the tour takes a couple of classroom pictures with your kids in them? 
Yuck. If they want a tour, let the principal do it after hours.
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