Code: KI

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOLS

The School Committee believes that visits to the schools by parents, members of the community and individual School Committee members can be a positive experience for all concerned. However, in order for such visits to have their greatest value, it is the School Committee's policy that:

A. When arriving at the school, all visitors must check in at the main office of the school;

B. Visits to individual classrooms must be scheduled in advance with the school principal and/or teacher.

C. In general, visits to classrooms should be to observe the class, not to interact with either the teacher or the students, unless otherwise arranged by the teacher. Conferences with teachers or other members of the school staff will be arranged upon request; and

D. Visits to the schools by individual School Committee members should be made in accordance with all the above, as well as the following provisions:

1. Such visits should be for the purpose of becoming acquainted with school programs, personnel, operations and facilities;

2. School Committee members should refrain from giving directions or making evaluations of personnel or operating procedures during their visits; and

3. A School Committee member who has children in the schools should endeavor to make clear during any school visit whether he/she is acting in an official capacity or as a parent.

Legal Reference: TITLE 20A MRSA SEC. 6804

Adopted: 8-11-94