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To: gamesmistress who wrote (67735)	9/7/2004 1:11:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793937

I think "involved" or "uninvolved" parents is a better terminology. Seems to me that involvement is a subset of competence or maybe an adjunct. The competence I have in mind involves instilling in their kids basic manners and discipline, diligence, how to play nicely with others, teamwork, stuff like that. You don't have to know what's going on at school to do that.

To: gamesmistress who wrote (67735)	9/7/2004 4:26:21 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793937

I think "involved" or "uninvolved" parents is a better terminology. IMO communication between school administration and parents tends to be sporadic to lousy. It's also usually top-down - backpack notices, calls from the teacher or secretary, back-to-school nights, etc. Parents have to make a lot of effort to find out what's really going on sometimes. This is one of the issues Raspberry's group seems to be addressing. A complicating factor is the language barrier. Lots of families with Spanish as the primary language here. In my experience, many public school teachers and administrators view parental efforts to be involved in the educational process (aside from helping out at fund raisers or at class parties) as interference. The attitude I've encountered is "I'm the teacher, you're the parent, and I know what I'm doing. Don't question me." From my point of view, that's an unsatisfactory attitude. After all, these folks work for us, on our dime, and they are educating our kids.