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Book Policy Manual
Section 0000/1000 - Community/Board Operations
Title Visitors and Observations in Schools
Code 1250
Status Active
Adopted January 11, 2000
Last Revised November 9, 2021
Prior Revised Dates 12/13/2016; 12/11/2018;
VISITORS AND OBSERVATIONS IN SCHOOLS
The Colchester Board of Education (the “Board”) 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 requires all visitors to receive prior approval from the school Principal or designee before being
permitted to visit any school building. The Board, through the administration, reserves the right to limit visits in
accordance with administrative regulations.
The Board further desires to work collaboratively with parents with an educational nexus with the district, its
educational programs or the student being observed, to observe their students in their current classrooms or
observe proposed educational placements in the Board’s schools. The Board, through the administration, reserves
the right to limit observations of current and proposed educational placements in accordance with administrative
regulations and the Board’s Guidelines for Independent Educational Evaluations.
Upon arrival, all visitors and observers 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/observers have authorized access, and complying
with directives of school officials at all times. All visitors and observers permitted into school buildings or on
school grounds must comply with all school health and safety protocols in place at the time, including but not
limited to any health screening protocols.
Legal “Guidelines Regarding Independent Educational Evaluations at Public Expense and
In- School Observations,” Connecticut State Department of Education (Mar. 28,
2018).