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[quote=Anonymous]There is a happy medium between (1) having parents coming and going at will, getting in the way, dropping in on teachers unannounced, or posing security risks, and (2) creating a prison-like environment.

I think it's totally fine to limit parents to the lobby/entrance of the school except for events like BTS night or when they have an appointment with a teacher or admin. It's even fine to say "please don't come into the lobby during drop off, it gets too crowded." Of course schools should have limits on how much parents are in the school.

But I think it's weird to not even allow parents in the lobby during low traffic hours, to drop off a kid or items for the classroom or the school. I think it's weird to have parents communicate with the front desk via intercom when picking up a kid for a doctor's appointment, instead of just coming in and telling the security guard or the admin "Hi I'm here to pick up Larlo for his doctor's appointment -- I emailed about it yesterday."

TBH, if anything, it seems more secure for an interaction like that to happen in person in the school as opposed to via intercom -- if the parent was behaving strangely or something seemed off, you'd be much more likely to pick up on it if it was in person.

I will also say that my school doesn't let parents see their kid's classroom until BTS night, which is at the end of September, and I find that weird because I think it would be easier to prepare my child better for the school year if we could do a classroom visit before school starts. At least for early grades, I guess by 3rd or so it matters less. But for a K or 1st grade student, it feels weird to not even know what their classroom environment is until a month into school.[/quote]

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