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Yes, but some do because they have no choice. You do what you need to do, OP.
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No, how about following the very clear, explicit instructions provided by the school.
OP, as others have said, most school understand one parent going between multiple presentations. Also (top secret info coming up here) Back to School not is really not the be-all, end-all of school info. You'll have parent teacher conferences, PTA meetings, and can always schedule a meeting with any staff person you need to speak with about specific matters. If there are handouts, simply ask the teacher to send them home with student.
There are a million legitimate reasons why someone can't make back-to-school night. Not the end of the world.
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Yes, this is true for 95+% of those coming.  But in public school, you have people who are low income with children or people who had childcare cancel.  If a person with a low hourly wage has to take off work to attend the session, they may not be able to cover both the loss of income and paying for a sitter which can cost up to $20/hr depending on where the family lives and if they have to use a service because they don't have anyone local to help.  For 3 hours, that can be up to $75 which may be completely out of range of what the family can afford on top of lost wages for the evening.  Would you suggest that the family skip groceries for a week or most of a week just so that the parent can attend BtS night?  That's ridiculous.  There may be a family who had childcare lined up, but lost their sitter at the last minute (I had a situation this weekend when my sitter called 30 minutes before and said her car wouldn't start, I had to go pick her up and we were late to our event).  The rules are set to discourage those parents who have a choice, but don't want to make it (like a family who could afford to hire a care.com or White House Nanny sitter, but doesn't want to).  But those who have extenuating circumstances are welcome to attend and if they have to bring their child just to attend, they have to do that.  If there are only a few exceptions, the school can handle it,  But they can't handle dozens of children who are brought along because it's convenient rather than necessary.  So the rules are in place to discourage as many people as possible from bringing children, but I don't know a school that assumes that there will be no children at all at BtS night.  They know that there will be some, they just hope it's as minimal as possible.
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