Back to school means placing your children in school every day, all school year long, It also means placing your trust in the people who run that school, the teachers who will be educating your children, and believing that the best interest of kids is always their touchstone.
Under federal and state education code, all children are entitled to a free and equal education. Every school district has a grievance / complaint process parents can and should follow in order to resolve issues. What people fail to realize is that education is a customer-service business. Schools are in the business of serving the students they teach and the parent community. They are charged with building meaningful relationships that are based on what is best for children.
When some part of the system is broken, the grievance / complaint process is there to help parents be heard. While it is often designed to be an intimidating process, it is fundamentally designed to help improve the system. Parents have rights. That must always be remembered.
For information on the grievance / complaint process.
For more information on parent rights, expectations for schools, and a huge amount of other important information, visit the Texas Education Agency.
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