The Board of Education encourages visits by parents, citizens, and taxpayers to all of our school buildings. The Board believes parents of children attending the schools have special rights and responsibilities to keep themselves informed as to the day to day operation of the schools. We urge such visits within such reasonable procedures as shall be specified by the Superintendent to ensure that such visits do not deter the regular classroom educational process.

Principals are requested to continue strong efforts to ensure that parents are not only aware of the above policy but that they are cordially invited to visit the schools and to thereby develop a spirit of mutual cooperation and contribute to the benefit of the children involved. Direct communication with the homes, as well as parent organizations and other school meetings shall be used to advertise this policy are encouraged.

Individual Board members who are interested in visiting schools or classrooms on an unofficial basis shall make the appropriate arrangements with the building principal. In keeping with the Board bylaws such Board member visits shall not be considered to be official unless designated as such by an acting committee chairperson.

The Board member shall be visiting as an interested individual in a similar capacity of any parent or citizen of the community. These visits should not be considered to be inspections nor as supervisory in nature.

If, during a visit to a school or program, a Board member observes a situation or condition which causes concern, s/he should discuss the situation or condition which causes concern, s/he should discuss the situation first with the building principal as soon as convenient or appropriate. Such a discussion shall not be considered an official School Board action. If the Board member believes the situation or condition serious enough, s/he may wish to also inform the Superintendent.