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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm at a title 1 school. The first year I made a big effort to find child care. Turns out everyone there brought their kids. It was no big deal. This year, the after school program provided babysitting at the school but not all parents put the kids in there.

***We don't have a PTA. This was the first year that the school provided care. The message about bringing/not bringing/school providing child care was not clear as maybe they were able to secure it last minute.  Also, not all families trust child care for their kids. Our school has limited school based evening activities so the kids were excited to be at school in the evening. [/quote]

Our Title 1 is similar though we do have a PTA. They do organize childcare for other events (like there is childcare during PTA meetings so that single parents can attend without paying a sitter which I really appreciated) but not for BTS night. I was the same as you -- the first year I went out of my way to secure childcare for the BTS night and then there were a bunch of kids there so the next year I brought my kid. If anyone is bothered by it they certainly don't say anything about it.

When the culture of the schools is for BTS night to be a whole-family event it has a different tone and the kids get really into it. For instance my kid is always very excited to show me her new classroom and her desk and point out any of her work on the walls. It's fun to meet other parents through our kids. I find that it's a communal event that really makes me feel like we are part of a bigger community at the school and that all of us -- parents and kids and teachers and admin -- are working together to bring up these kids.

There are many ways for teachers to convey information to parents so that kids don't hear it -- email and Class Dojo and text and parent-teacher conferences. I actually find my kid generally likes the teacher's presentation talking about what the kids will be working on that year and what the teacher's goals are. Why would that be a negative thing for the kids to hear? The teachers are generally saying stuff the kids figure out anyway like "we're really emphasizing grammar and spelling this year so you'll be seeing more of that in the homework" or "in 3rd we do a unit on climate in the second trimester that incorporates math and reading and writing." It's not like the teachers are up there talking about specific behavioral issues or saying nasty things about the kids.[/quote]

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