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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]Please DON'T help my child!  I HATE that they allow other parents to "volunteer" in the classroom.  I would gladly pay double the taxes to get paid more professionals in the classroom rather than having catty, nosey parents working with my child (who isn't behind, btw).  Why do they allow that?  I can see volunteers working in the "stations, " the computer lab, supervising recess and helping get things ready.  But other parents should not know which children are "behind," which are "advanced," etc.

I'd love to hear a teacher's perspective on this.  Why does FCPS allow other parents to have access to this sort of information?[/quote]

Although there may be isolated cases of a teacher inappriopriately sharing information with someone, it's not typical.  Parents like the PP like to think they know, but they don't.  School staff know all about parents like the PP and while schools may appeciate volunteers, they know that no good comes of sharing that kind of information, even if they were allowed to.

I had one parent volunteer talk to me about the occupational therapist helping a child in our classroom.  She assumed it was for the boy in the wheelchair - it was really for my DS who has difficulty holding a pencil and scissors correctly.  The boy in the wheelchair may have had physical disabilities but could cut and color just fine - his mother and I are friends and talk about the busybodies who assume in-class resource staff are for her DS just because he has physical disabilities.  The busybodies also assume her DS is LD.  Best just to ignore them.[/quote]

Thanks!  :)  I'm the poster you quoted.  I just want my kids to be able to do what they do without being judged or evaluated by the other parents.  I hate the competition withe some of the moms.  I work with my child and she does as well as she can.  I don't other parents butting in to that and making me (or her) feel bad or inferior about who she is and what she is capable of.  She is in OT and ST (although not through the school) and may or may not have an LD, but it's none of anyone's business. [/quote]

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