Homeschooling and private schools are the answer.
Are they referring to Mother and Father or Parent 1 and Parent 2? /sarc
>>But what about homeschool students and others that are not enrolled in the public school, yet attend some of the extra curricular activities? <<
Here in MI, HS parents would get the same note.
If they did not attend, their children would not be in the ECAs.
Here in MA, we are all slaves of the state. We are all “just following orders”.
Parents should have signed up for the “other arrangements.” One parent comes in at 8, the next at 8:30, then 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, through the principal’s lunch hour, then continued through the afternoon, the next day, the next several days, the next several weeks, and on through until the end of the year. Of course, they could have stopped this by attending a school board meeting and calling for a mass firing of administrators. Parents have forgotten they have the final say in how the school is run.
Check this out
W. Virginia Bill Would Yank Your Driver’s License if Your Kid Misses Too Much School
What does the principal have to say about drug or alcohol abuse “challenges” that couldn’t be accomplished by sending each family a copy of the brochures issued by the police department? Parents can’t or won’t read them? Oh, well ...
The way my husband and I have raised our children and evaluated their friends has infinitely more to do with their not drinking and taking drugs than all the health classes and DARE programs they ever sat through.
And many of their peers, who sat through those same classes, do get drunk at parties and take drugs. So I would be ticked at any principal who thought I needed to learn from the professionals.
My daughter just came back from college and told me she’d skipped a party because there was going to be pressure to do vodka shots. I thought, Yes! Thank you, God!
Of course the school administrators think all parents are blind with the “Not my darling” mindset. So that means my daughter must be a sneaky little thing.
The kids were just born drug users.
Why are their civil rights being violated this way?
/sarcasm
I don’t see why this requirement is unreasonable at all. There is a new policy affecting students who take part in extracurricular activities; parents are required to attend a session about the policy or else their kids can’t participate. Makes perfect sense to me—and my kid is homeschooled.
I couldn’t stand these meetings and always made the wife go. I simply could not accept 20-somethings who were educated by American colleges (Schools of Education, specifically) passing judgment on my kids. I’m perfectly capable of assessing my kids and understanding their weaknesses. I would trust a homeless person ahead of these clowns. In any case, it appears that my kids did just fine with my wife going there and ignoring all of their garbage.