Our open house at my child's elementary school was packed today! It was so great to be able to see them interact with their peers and teacher. It's not something I knew I missed during COVID but now I'm definitely looking forward to going again next year. It was also a nice reminder that teachers are grossly underpaid!

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are currently in college, and I work at an MCPS high school. About half a dozen parents usually show up, and their kids are mortified (although the parents say their kids love seeing them there).

Go in ES, back off by MS, and definitely DO NOT go in HS.

My HSer wants me to go so when she talks about her teachers I know what she’s talking about. She is concerned about parents being there because the classes are already so crowded there is not room even to stand against the wall. I can’t make it but I do see some value. She has one teacher she complains about being really unclear—I would think it was just my kid being a pain but I went to back to school night and the teacher was totally unable to convey a clear thought. So I am more sympathetic. Another teacher she complains about but I think he is trying but seems to be a very shy kind of guy so I told her she may need to be more assertive in asking follow up questions or asking for clarification.
Anyway, no one even needs to know you are the kid’s parent, unless you look exactly alike or something.

The front office now knows who you are, and every student in the classroom knows as well, because you acknowledged your childnin some when when you walked in. If you met the teacher at back to school night and found them incoherent, how does seeing them incoherent again on 10/10 make any difference?

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Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.

Yep. Typically scheduled through the school's office.

Where is the MCPS link for this information?

Wrights Law: https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/parent-observation-in-the-classroom/
MCPS visitation policy: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/abarb.pdf

Visits are at the discretion of the principal. There is no way that our principal would allow parents to go without a really good reason.

As a lawyer, I can tell you that wording is so vague that it’d never really hold up in court either.

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Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.

Yep. Typically scheduled through the school's office.

Where is the MCPS link for this information?

Wrights Law: https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/parent-observation-in-the-classroom/
MCPS visitation policy: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/abarb.pdf

Visits are at the discretion of the principal. There is no way that our principal would allow parents to go without a really good reason.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are currently in college, and I work at an MCPS high school. About half a dozen parents usually show up, and their kids are mortified (although the parents say their kids love seeing them there).

Go in ES, back off by MS, and definitely DO NOT go in HS.

My HSer wants me to go so when she talks about her teachers I know what she’s talking about. She is concerned about parents being there because the classes are already so crowded there is not room even to stand against the wall. I can’t make it but I do see some value. She has one teacher she complains about being really unclear—I would think it was just my kid being a pain but I went to back to school night and the teacher was totally unable to convey a clear thought. So I am more sympathetic. Another teacher she complains about but I think he is trying but seems to be a very shy kind of guy so I told her she may need to be more assertive in asking follow up questions or asking for clarification.
Anyway, no one even needs to know you are the kid’s parent, unless you look exactly alike or something.

I’ve gone when my kids were in high school. There were always some other parents there. It was no big deal. My kids weren’t mortified. It’s mildly interesting and gives me more to talk about with my kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Our elem school just decided that our Open House is in November. I had no idea that there was flexibility, but I guess there is. As a teacher, I just found out. I am not sure if parents have been notified yet. So, if your school hadn’t notified, it is possible that they are having it a different date.

Our principal told staff on 10/3 and he was told by MCPS on 9/30 that our open house is 10/10.

Your principal is not being entirely honest. There was a date choice this year.

Not surprised. He isn’t honest about a lot of things.

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Anonymous wrote:Our elem school just decided that our Open House is in November. I had no idea that there was flexibility, but I guess there is. As a teacher, I just found out. I am not sure if parents have been notified yet. So, if your school hadn’t notified, it is possible that they are having it a different date.

Our principal told staff on 10/3 and he was told by MCPS on 9/30 that our open house is 10/10.

Your principal is not being entirely honest. There was a date choice this year.

Anonymous wrote:Our elem school just decided that our Open House is in November. I had no idea that there was flexibility, but I guess there is. As a teacher, I just found out. I am not sure if parents have been notified yet. So, if your school hadn’t notified, it is possible that they are having it a different date.

Our principal told staff on 10/3 and he was told by MCPS on 9/30 that our open house is 10/10.

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Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.

Yep. Typically scheduled through the school's office.

Where is the MCPS link for this information?

Wrights Law: https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/parent-observation-in-the-classroom/
MCPS visitation policy: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/abarb.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.

Yep. Typically scheduled through the school's office.

Where is the MCPS link for this information?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.

Yep. Typically scheduled through the school's office.

Our elem school just decided that our Open House is in November. I had no idea that there was flexibility, but I guess there is. As a teacher, I just found out. I am not sure if parents have been notified yet. So, if your school hadn’t notified, it is possible that they are having it a different date.

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Anonymous wrote:This is one event they definitely should have done away with for good. It’s so disruptive. It really just wastes student’s time that could be spent learning, instead of a dog and pony show to impress parents.

Less disruptive than having parents who want to visit disrupting a lot of different days.

Not really. Then you just say no. It isn’t forced like Open House is.

Really hard to say no. Parents have a right to observe.

They do? That's news to me.