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parent night
By teach72beach

We used to have ours (county wide after school started-around the middle of the first nine weeks). However two years ago we got a new principal...who by the way is wonderful. Now our school has it the week school starts.
School starts on a Thursday. Each grade or two has it on a different day covering from the weekend until Wednesday night before school starts. Third and Fourth grade's is Tuesday at 2:30pm. Parents with multiple children go on multiple days. Last year I had a parent who had a 3rd and 4th grader so the mom first came to my room for a while and then the other room. My attendance rate is usually

about 50-60%. I have taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades and it seems the older the child, the less the parents are involved, sad! We all meet in the lunchroom to accomadate the parents, students and teachers. Our principal addresses everyone for a few minutes. Tells anything new coming up. Then she calls a teacher and the students who will be in that class and they follow her into her classroom. I guess this way they dont have to try to find it. Then the teacher goes over whatever she needs to in her classroom and hands out papers that need to filled out or signed and most of the parents fill everything out right then. After some time our principal makes an announcement (thank goodness) for the parents and teachers to wrap things up. You know how some parents want to linger and tell you all about their child? Our principal makes it clear that this is really not the time for a conference.