When you were in school...

[pinkdutchtulips]

No ... Just a stray permission form for a field trip every now and then. Back in the 80's teachers would verbally remind students of things they needed parents to know.

[magdala]

I graduated in 1987 from a small town high school. Email was not available at my school. My parents did not receive formal notices and letters; but all of my teachers were also town residents and would run into my parents and other parents at local places such as the post office, the grocery store, church, sporting events, the pizza place etc. There would be tons of informal communication that way.

[wise_rita]

Sept 15, 2015 21:54:11 GMT -5 irene adler said:

Lol. My dad was my teacher from 5-8 th grade, and we lived next door. I could do NOTHING without my parents knowing.

Ah, the joys of growing up in a town of <1000 people.

eta--yeah, I have no business weighing in on this.

I'm in a similar camp.

In fact I don't even remember getting generic letters stuffed into our bags.

[livinitup]

In the 4th grade, my teacher required a parent initial on my homework log, daily. My father said "Can't you just initial it for us?". I did.

Yup. Times are vastly different.

[AAM2012]

Sept 16, 2015 8:44:28 GMT -5 starlily said:

Nope. We had a large envelope sent home once a week with notes and announcements, and we had to bring the envelope back the next day, signed by our parents.

This was me too. We had a yellow envelope and our parents had to sign it weekly. There never was much in it but we'd get in trouble (at school) if it wasn't signed..there were a few times that my parents reviewed it but didn't sign and I was so upset.

Stupid really now that I think about it.

[doobeedoo]

Sept 15, 2015 22:40:07 GMT -5 Catlawdy said:

Lol No.

I was born in the early 70's, my parents had no idea what was going on and never attended a single game.

Too funny. Same here.

That said, and understand I am no helicopter parent, we went from elementary school where they literally rain paper down on you daily to middle school...and its like they forgot how to communicate.  I get it, most of the comms are now from teacher/administration to student, which is fine by me, but that, too, seems to be lacking.  And this is an excellent school in an excellent school district, which makes me wonder how it works elsewhere.  

Also, when they DO communicate, it's lacking quite a bit detail.  If this were my 3rd kid in 5th grade, I wouldn't need so much info, but this is all new to me and I feel they could throw me a bone every so often.

[sillygoosegirl]

Mainly just grades every 6 weeks.

[gibbinator]

I can't really think of anything besides permission slips, flyers, reading diary signature sheets, and report cards. Nothing like personal status updates.