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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The start of the academic year is always crazy, with back to school nights, the visitation day, and some days off school.  Things settle down, though.  In my recollection, there are only a couple of more days during the year where parents are invited to attend-- two parties (halloween and valentines day) are the only days I recall after Columbus day. [b] I would prioritize the visitation day over the parties, because on party day the kids are focused on the activities/food and not on the parents. [/b]

OP, I'm not sure how far your commute is, but one option would be to show up for just the first 45 minutes-hour.  Your kid would have a parent there (certainly not all kids have parents at this event but depending on the school, I would guess that more than half of kindergartners will).  You can get a sense of the classroom dynamic.  And you could still make it to work by late morning (?)  Parents regularly come and go in the classroom (in fact, those of us with multiple kids in the school walk in and out of each room every few minutes!)[/quote]

I will take it one step further and say that Visitation Day is more important than Back to School night.  You can have a meeting at any time with a teacher.  This is your one chance to see your child interact with peers, see how the teacher handles the class, and sadly be on the look-out for the problem kids.  It puts you much more in the know that any other visit/conference, etc.. [/quote]

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