Maybe they're trying to keep the school safer by keeping people out? Who knows. How many students are there? (translation - how many parents could come and go that the office staff would have to be aware of?) Our school has only 320 kids, and all the school staff know who I am.

I have to admit reading that made me cringe. It would be really hard sending my kids into a school that strictly forbids me access to them for 6 hours.