Classroom Rules and Parents.

That is totally ridiculous. Parents are not teachers. They don't understand classroom management. You don't let people who aren't trained in other fields to control those fields. Why is teaching different?

If a parent disagrees with a rule they can meet with the teacher. Parents are so different that it would be a wild list of rules with parents fighting about them and being petty

No way! Teachers have a hard enough job as it is. Can you imagine how horrible it would be trying to run your classroom the way EACH parent in your class wanted you to? I respect my kids' teachers way more than that, and have complete faith in their capabilities. If by chance I had a problem with a teacher's class rules or policies, I would just talk to him/her about it.

If the parent is homeschooling, then yes! Absolutely! But outside of the home? Meh. As long as the rules aren't secret there shouldn't be an issue. It would open a Pandora's box of chaos if parents set rules for a professional's turf.

The school should have their rules & if the teachers want their own classroom rules they should be able to have them also. Just send home a printout of the rules with the student so the parent can see. If a parent really has a problem with anything they can always contact the teacher 

No because every parent would want to put in their 2cents and it would get chaotic with each classroom having different rules. If the school has their own rules then every teacher and sub would know what the standards are. You want your own rules in the classroom then homeschool.

My mom is a teacher and if she found out that parents would have their two cents in HER classroom and have a say in how she does things with HER class she would probably quit. Parents can be ridiculous. 

No, parents should not have that sort of influence in your classroom ( although some do because unfortunately they think that their child is above any sort of rule). I am a teacher and however great I think parental involvement is,this isn't an aspect that would be beneficial. 

To a degree, parents should be able to step in if necessary. For example when I was in 8th grade my teacher set an assignment for its to write to prison inmates. My mom considered this poor judgement and spoke with the teacher, then school board after the teacher still said it was required. The school board sided with my mom. I don't think parents should be micro managing most class policy though. I don't think it's possible to remove personal teaching quirks, nor do I think it would be beneficial in most cases. P.S.  Props to bald monster kitties for always bringing up new interesting debate topics. 

Nothing is more infuriating to a teacher than a parent who doesn't know boundaries. If you don't have the advanced degrees and you weren't hired by that school to do that job and you're not in that classroom everyday dealing with that specific mix of children, butt out of how a teacher runs his/her classroom. Unless your child is in some sort of danger of course...