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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Justice Ginsburg said that if you tell the school to call the kid's father at work, they will suddenly call less often and only for true emergencies.  She swore it worked like a charm!  Give it a try!

Your response was good; hers was not.  [/quote]

Fortunately my school is smarter than that.  I am a dad and I am the primary contact for my kids at school.  My wife is visually impaired and does not drive.  She primarily teleworks from home and really can only get to the school by taxi in extreme emergencies.  I handle all pickup, dropoff and am the primary contact for the school.

I am very appreciative that the preschools and schools my children have been in have always had the courtesy to start with "Hi, this is X at Y school.  There isn't a problem" when there isn't an urgent problem.  If they don't say this, I can step in when I get a chance and say "Excuse me, I'm in a meeting, can I call back in Z minutes?"  If there is a problem, I take the call.  If there isn't and I can take the call I do.  But it helps immensely.  If your school does not do this, you can ask the school to do something like this.

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