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Bill would make parents 'volunteer' in schools (Tenn)
by IconoclasT at 7:50 am EDT, May 15, 2005

Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions?

Parents may have to get involved in their children's schools or else.

A proposal making its way through the General Assembly would require parents with children in kindergarten through grade 4 to ''volunteer'' at least 12 hours a year. And they couldn't just show up they'd be expected to get involved in the teaching process by tutoring, chaperoning lesson-related field trips or helping students play educational games.

If the bill proposed by Sen. John Ford, D-Memphis, and Rep. Lois DeBerry, D-Memphis, is approved, though, it could become a rule without teeth. It's unclear what, if anything, would happen to parents or schools who fail to comply.
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It's also unclear if parents who work long hours or have violent or criminal backgrounds would be expected to participate.

''I don't know that I'd want everybody up here working with my child,'' Lewis said.

RE: Bill would make parents 'volunteer' in schools (Tenn)
by Shannon at 10:51 am EDT, May 15, 2005

IconoclasT wrote:
] Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions?
]
] Parents may have to get involved in their children's
] schools or else.
]
] A proposal making its way through the General Assembly would
] require parents with children in kindergarten through grade 4
] to ''volunteer'' at least 12 hours a year. And they couldn't
] just show up they'd be expected to get involved in the
] teaching process by tutoring, chaperoning lesson-related field
] trips or helping students play educational games.
]
] If the bill proposed by Sen. John Ford, D-Memphis, and Rep.
] Lois DeBerry, D-Memphis, is approved, though, it could become
] a rule without teeth. It's unclear what, if anything, would
] happen to parents or schools who fail to comply.
] ...
] It's also unclear if parents who work long hours or have
] violent or criminal backgrounds would be expected to
] participate.
]
] ''I don't know that I'd want everybody up here working with my
] child,'' Lewis said.

This seems like a horrible idea.

Bill would make parents 'volunteer' in schools (Tenn)
by k at 11:05 am EDT, May 17, 2005

Isn't the road to hell paved with good intentions?

Parents may have to get involved in their children's schools or else.

[ Haven't I read that this is sort of standard in Japan. I think that I have. Only, I don't know that it's a legal requirement. Fundamentally, I don't think that mandates are the right way to do this. Parents should *want* to help educate their children and their children's peers because doing so assists in socializing them, by exposing them to many different kinds of people. It has the upshot of letting the parents get to know the kids their child is surrounded by. I guess the "It takes a village" philosophy isn't too big here in the US though. -k]

Bill would make parents 'volunteer' in schools (Tenn)
by skullaria at 4:32 pm EDT, May 17, 2005

Wonder what will happen to homeschool parents? TN is not quite as friendly to homeschoolers as Georgia is, but there are a lot of parents I know that homeschool up in Chattanooga.

As for my family, we've had our taste of public schools and it wasn't for us, but for the record, my husband and I both volunteered all the time when my child was in school.