Ruth: does a public elementary school have to concede a parent request to observe the classroom and / or volunteer? what about if other classes in the same grade have teachers accepting volunteers and your child’s teacher is pushing back? is that acceptable – besides building poor feelings in the students without there is plenty of research that has proven benefits to parent involvement.
Ruth:
https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/helpline-topics-o/
https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/helpline-topics-p/
https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/database-questions-topics-l-z/#obs
https://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/database-questions-topics-l-z/#par
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