Some schools will allow it and some don't. We visited several schools together. One had us come back and the asst. director spent about 20 minutes with my child alone - it was strange as I specifically asked and thought we were coming back to see how he did in the class. Another, we did a second visit together and the teacher talked to him. Another, which we choose, insisted we leave him for a few hours, we did and it was the winner. I wanted my child to spend some time with the teacher in the classroom to see what was best.