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[quote=Anonymous]It's hard to reach out to new parents I think - I never know what grade their child is in or even if the person is actually new or I just haven't seen them before.  It's easier when I have some context for them.  So here's what worked when we switched schools:

1. I was pretty organized about contacting the parents of the kids my son and daughter liked and asking to set up playdates.  In some instances I would ask my friend who had a daughter at the school to help me, so that the stranger mom knew that I was on the up & up.  
2. Halloween was a great time to meet other parents because my daughter trick or treated in a group with the other kids from school, and it was easy to sedge from that to "my daughter really likes your daughter - can we do a playdate?"
3. I volunteered for specific PTO events, like the tree sale and auction, where I was sure to work in a team and therefore get to know the other parents.  That helped because then I had parents I could wave to and talk to at pickup and dropoff.  And, when it turned out one of the parents had a son or daughter my child's age, it was a good transition to setting up a playdate.

We're going on our 3rd year at the new school, and every year things have improved.  I now feel like my kids have a great group of friends and so do I.  But, I'm not going to change schools again.  I think the older my kids are, the harder it would be for me to make new mom friends.[/quote]

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