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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in ES in the late 90s, it was not uncommon for kids who had relatives or friends visiting from out of town to bring their out of town visitor to school with them for a day (as long as the visitor was of a similar age as the student). For example, say 4th grader Larlo’s cousins were visiting from out of town. Larlo’s 5th grade cousin might attend school with Larlo for all or part of the day, either sitting with Larlo at his desk in the classroom or maybe at an extra desk or in an extra chair.

Two questions: Does this still happen? I can’t imagine this being allowed today for a number of reasons - security protocols, liability concerns, classrooms are already overcrowded and teachers overburdened without adding random visitors into the mix, etc.

Second, did anyone else experience this growing up? I’m just curious how common this was. While I wouldn’t be surprised if most schools never allowed these kinds of visitors in the classroom, I remember attending a full school day with my best friend, who had moved out of state, when I visited her in the fall of 2000. So it couldn’t have been just my school that did this. [/quote]

In 1977 when I was in 7th grade, my best friend came back to visit - she'd moved away after 5th grade from our town.  She came to spend the day with me in 7th grade just as you said: sat at my desk, ate lunch with me in cafeteria, etc.  I guess the idea of me taking a day off school because my friend was visiting was never considered?  I don't know, but it was fun![/quote]

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