The schools are not transparent with parents. I’ve been told of numerous incidents where kids have been physically attacked and bullied and this has gone completely unreported to parents. Further, some of the instructional materials that are presented to these kids have questionable content; content that many parents would find inappropriate for their children. In fact, parent organizations have sued BCPS in the past for their lack of transparency like a failure to disclose which books were in their libraries. Parents have an absolute right to know what materials their child is exposed to.  Perhaps its their aversion to transparency that leaves them weary of outside service providers.