VISITOR POLICY
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Visits to the School
The Board of Education encourages visits by citizens, taxpayers, and parents to all school buildings.
In order to promote a safe and productive educational environment for all students and staff, the Board
of Education requires all visitors to receive prior approval from the school Principal or his/her
designee before being permitted to visit any school building. The Board of Education, through the
administration, reserves the right to limit visits in accordance with administrative regulations.
Upon arrival, all visitors must comply with any and all applicable building security procedures,
including but not limited to, utilizing security buzzers for access, complying with requests for photo
identification, reporting directly to and signing in and out at the visitors’ reception area of the school
office, prominently displaying visitors’ badges or other identification required for visitors to the
school buildings, limiting access to those areas of the buildings and grounds for which the visitors
have authorized access, and complying with directives of school officials at all times.
Classroom Observation by Non-school Personnel
The Board of Education encourages the observation of classrooms by Enfield parents and other non-
school personnel to promote better understanding of the school district. The Board of Education also
recognizes the right of students to have uninterrupted lessons. In the interest of preserving the privacy
rights of the child and to ensure the least disruption of the learning process, the following guidelines
are established:
1. Anyone wishing to observe a classroom must contact the administration of the school prior to
the observation.
2. In considering requests for classroom observation, the primary responsibility of the
administration shall be to avoid disruption of the learning environment and, to that end, the
administration shall, in its good judgment, apply the test of reasonableness.
3. When an observer is visiting a class, he/she is an observer only and should not interfere with the
lesson presentation. If there are any questions, the observer should address them to the teacher
and/or school administrator outside the classroom setting.
4. Audio and video tape-recording or photographing of classroom activities by third parties may
be disruptive of the educational process and may invade the privacy rights of students, and will
therefore not generally be allowed. Exceptions to these guidelines may be made by the
Administration, subject to reasonable restrictions, as the Administration may adopt concerning a
particular request.
Policy Adopted:
April 24, 2018
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