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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't parent teacher conferences be scheduled over a week M-Thurs eve 5pm - 8pm if 12 hours is even necessary. Require parents to sign up. Some parents need the entire time period, others don't use up all 10-15min. [/quote]

That is such a hard time for parents with young kids to attend a conference[/quote]

Attend as a parent? It's about 1.5 hrs or less one night a year if in MS or HS. Hire a babysitter, or if you have a co-parent, one of you stay with kids.

If it's hard for teachers to be there for 1-2 nights, maybe the school ptsa can organize babysitting services through an after care program for potty trained and older kids of the teachers who are working late hours on one or two nights that week. English and Math teachers have conferences on Mondays, Social Studies and Science on Tues eve, other teachers the other night. Etc. Kids can also stay home on own after age 9yrs in most states.[/quote]

Im just saying I would not like that time.  My youngest is a toddler.  Often the case for parents with ES kids.  My ES kids are in bed by 8.  We need that after school time to do homework, have dinner…. Things that are difficult to outsource.  Obviously there are events we have to do this for, but I much prefer the earlier times and I think the teachers do too.[/quote]

I mean, I’m a SAHM and I’d personally prefer every conference or PTA meeting or event were at 10 or 11am because I’m the evenings I’m driving around to activities, making dinner, walking and feeding the dogs, managing hw, etc. But every school event is at 6 or 7 to accommodate parents who need to work so I’m confused that working parents also don’t want evening? No time is going to satisfy everyone. [/quote]

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