At our public school, kids are not invited or banned. I went on Tuesday and most parents did not have their kids with them but I would say about 10% did. I found them the kids to be somewhat disruptive during the presentation that was given to everyone by the Principal but it was fine once we were in the classroom setting.
I chose not to bring my children because they are young and I wanted to be able to focus on the information the Principal and teachers were giving me about policy, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I still maintain that a back to school night without kids is weird. PP, how old are your kids and is this private or public?

My kids go private and it's an adults only thing. For the younger kids, we go to their classroom and sit at their desks and for the older kids who switch classes, we get a copy of their schedule and switch classes every 10 minutes. If kids were to go, I'm not sure how all the parents and kids can even fit inside the classroom. How does that even work?

Even at the public school in my neighborhood, it's adults only.

I still maintain that a back to school night without kids is weird. PP, how old are your kids and is this private or public?

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Anonymous wrote:The rules at our school ARE that you can and should bring kids.

Because they've given in.

I don't think so! The teachers expect the children, have them show their parents around, and there are snacks for kids and parents at a "social hour" in the cafeteria. The evening seems appropriate for families.

Right. They've made it that way because if you can't beat em, join em. Did you ever go to back to school night when you were a kid? I didn't. My mother did, solo. We stayed home with my dad.

You sound like you don't enjoy kids very much.

I don't particularly enjoy other people's kids. I REALLY don't like kids where they don't belong -- nice restaurants, next to me on an airplane, and on back to school nights when they aren't invited.

Why not just call the school and ask? Or send a note in with the child, asking the teacher if she would like the kids to attend back to school night or is it for parents only?

Anonymous wrote:The rules at our school ARE that you can and should bring kids.

Interesting - that was the exact opposite of our three privates and public . . . no kids. And a firm rule. no one did show up with children.

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Anonymous wrote:The rules at our school ARE that you can and should bring kids.

Because they've given in.

I don't think so! The teachers expect the children, have them show their parents around, and there are snacks for kids and parents at a "social hour" in the cafeteria. The evening seems appropriate for families.

Right. They've made it that way because if you can't beat em, join em. Did you ever go to back to school night when you were a kid? I didn't. My mother did, solo. We stayed home with my dad.

Actually we did on occasion. Different schools have different expectations and what worked in one school 30 years may not be the expectation at every school.

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Anonymous wrote:The rules at our school ARE that you can and should bring kids.

Because they've given in.

I don't think so! The teachers expect the children, have them show their parents around, and there are snacks for kids and parents at a "social hour" in the cafeteria. The evening seems appropriate for families.

Right. They've made it that way because if you can't beat em, join em. Did you ever go to back to school night when you were a kid? I didn't. My mother did, solo. We stayed home with my dad.

You sound like you don't enjoy kids very much.