Yes, if you are comfortable with the environment of the school/work. No, if you are doubting the school staff, faculty, academic, and your place of work/school. Discuss this issue in details with yourself, child, and spouse and sort out the penitential cons and pros.

I sub. in my school district and i choose not to sub. in my daughter's school or classroom although my daughter wants me to. This is a complex issue and the outcome depends on what works for a child, parent, and the work environment.


Best wishes!

tobbyandlui,

Contact the school near your husband's work you'd like her to attend. Some states require schools to take children in on permit when a parent works in the school's boundaries--IF there is room. I'm not sure if all states do. In addition, there are often more people who want to get in than seats at really good schools, so it's important to call early and formulate a game plan.

Once you've contacted the school and you know the laws of your state, post back and we can try to guide you through the process.

Good luck!

I am looking for a full-time job and my husband will be near the school that I want my daughter to go, he can be able to pick her up after his work and that will make it easy on me, so I can be able to work full-time because I don't make it with a part-time job.

Tricsio, thank you for your reply, the main thing is that I would like to know if this school with a high rating will allow me to enter my child there, just because my husbands job is there? I know that other parents had done this but I don't really know what should I do for this? should I just go to district and try to transfer my daughter there and see if they let me because of my husbands job is near or what should I do so my daughter can go to this school? somebody, any advise? please, thank you.

You have obviously done your research. And if I am getting a good interpretation of this, your ultimate goal here is to have your daughter go to a school closer to her dad (your husband)'s work... Then; goal met with the school rated at 9/10. The question to ask is "what are those ratings based off of?"

I am a mother of a teen girl that would like to know how my daughter can be able to go to the high school near where her dad works, she is going to a school rated 5/10 because it belongs to the area we live, but I checked another school that is rated 9/10 that is closer were my husbands works and I want my daughter to go to this one instead, can you advise?

Well this will depend on the parent. Some children do not like it just because they are expected to do well (if not great) just because mom or dad works there. On the other end some child might just do well without feeling the pressure. In this case it could be about how the child feels vis-a-vis the situation. I have to mention this: yes the child does benefit as long as the parent is envolved but with limitations.

In my early elementary school days I attended a small private school that my mother taught at AND my father was the principal. It was awful. But it was because of the situation. The school was too small. Later one of my sisters and my brother both attended a private high school my father was the director of and it worked out great for everyone.
From personal experience, I have to say it really depends on the situation and like MagnetMom says, the relationship between the parent and child and the parent and the school.

I truly believe that would be dependent on the relationship between the parent and the child, and more importantly the ability of the parent to separate the "teacher/staff" part of their life from the "parent" part.

My daughter's school is full of teachers with students there. In a student body of 400, there are three new students coming to kindergarten (moms are teachers), which gets added to at least 10-15 kids who are children of teachers or TAs. Teachers and staff with older children already sent their kids through. Honestly it was a serious consideration when I had to choose a school for my daughter. If all these teachers believed in their school enough to bring their kids there, it meant something to me.

However, if a teacher, knowing all the inside knowledge of different teachers, teaching styles, etc., could not distance him or herself from the "politics" if you will, I think it would be very challenging for both the child and the parent.