Brockton Public Schools

School Committee Policy

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOLS - KI

The School Committee encourages parents and guests to visit classrooms to observe and learn about the instructional programs taking place in our schools. Such visits can prove most beneficial in promotion of greater school-home cooperation and community understanding of how we carry out the school system's mission and goals.

Visits by parents to several classrooms in a given grade for the purposes of comparing teaching styles to provide a basis for a request for student assignment to a particular teacher are strongly discouraged because the school system's policy of assigning a student to a particular class is the sole responsibility of the building principal in consultation with the staff of that school.

The following guidelines to classroom and school visits should be followed:

  1. Parental requests for classroom visitations will be welcomed as long as the educational process is not disrupted. To this end such requests should be made in advance to allow for proper arrangements to be made.
  2. The building principal has the authority to determine the number, times, and dates of observations by visitors. This will be done in consultation with staff members so as to give adequate notice to the staff members of the impending visits.
  3. For security purposes all visitors will report to the principal's office upon entering and leaving the building and sign a guest log showing arrival and departure times. Visitors must also wear a visitor identification badge provided at the time of signing in. Teachers are encouraged to ask visitors if they have registered in the principal's office.
  4. Any student who wishes to have a guest in school MUST ask permission of one of the administrative staff 24 hours in advance of the proposed visit. If permission is granted, the guest is expected to follow the standards of behavior expected of all students. Upon arrival the guest must register in the office. Any guest who fails to comply with student regulations will be asked to leave the school building and grounds immediately.