• Back to School: Know Your Rights •

A Parent’s Guide to Starting the School Year Informed, Engaged & Ready

As we head into a new school year, make sure you have the tools, information, and support you need to protect your parental rights and your child’s safety.

A new school year brings new teachers, new classrooms, new technology, new policies—and plenty of questions. As parents, we have both the right and the responsibility to know what is happening in our children’s schools and to speak up when something doesn’t look right.

Parents have a powerful voice — especially when we stand together.

At Moms for Liberty–Chatham County, we want to help you start the school year prepared. Below are resources we encourage every parent to explore and share with other families.

📱 Make Technology Work for Your Child — not the Other Way Around

Technology is now deeply woven into our children's education, making it more important than ever for parents to understand how technology is being used in the classroom.

The Center for Responsible Technology's Responsible Technology Certification offers K–12 guidelines addressing topics such as school-issued devices, student devices, data privacy, artificial intelligence, screen use, physical activity, and parental involvement in technology decisions. The organization encourages parents to bring its guidelines to their schools and advocate for greater transparency and responsible technology use.

We especially encourage Chatham County parents to check out the resources below and talk about it at your school board meetings and/or with your principal.

Review the Responsible Technology Certification Guidelines

Review the M4L Academy AI and EdTech Toolkits

🏫 Back-to-School Resources for Families

Focus on the Family also offers a collection of downloadable back-to-school resources for parents and families, providing practical material to help families prepare for a successful school year.

Explore Focus on the Family's Back-to-School PDF Resources

Know Your Rights. Ask Questions. Stay Engaged.

You don't have to be an education policy expert to be an effective advocate for your child. Start by:

Know your rights.
North Carolina law recognizes that parents have important rights and responsibilities regarding their children's education, including the right to direct the education and care of their children and to access and review their children's educational records.

The North Carolina Parents’ Bill of Rights is found in N.C. General Statutes Chapter 114A, including § 114A-10, while additional parental rights and protections relating specifically to public schools are contained in Chapter 115C.

Don't rely on someone else to tell you what your rights are. Read the law yourself. Bookmark it. Share it with other parents. And keep it handy throughout the school year.

Read the North Carolina Parents’ Bill of Rights — N.C. Gen. Stat. § 114A-10

You can also review the broader provisions governing parental involvement and rights in North Carolina public schools:

North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 115C, Elementary and Secondary Education

And at the federal level:
America First Legal: Parent Toolkit

And in Chatham County.

Ask questions.
If you don't understand a policy, lesson, survey, technology platform, or program, ask for information.

Stay informed.
Read school communications, review materials provided to your child, and pay attention to what is happening at school board meetings.

Moms for Liberty has incredible resources to learn more about any topic related to parental rights and what’s going on in our schools.

There’s also the M4L Academy with a collection of toolkits and virtual lectures with special guests of all backgrounds and expertise.

Document concerns.
Keep copies of communications, policies, assignments, and other relevant information when you have a concern.

Build relationships.
Connect with other parents. Chances are, if you have a question or concern, someone else does too.

Speak up.
You don't have to wait until a problem becomes a crisis. Parents can be proactive advocates for their children. Email [email protected] if you need support.

Let's Start the Year Strong

Our children only get one education. We cannot outsource our responsibility as parents—or assume someone else will speak up when something needs to be addressed.

This school year, let's commit to being present, informed, engaged, and courageous.

Let's ask the questions.

Let's know our rights.

Let's support one another.

And let's remind our schools that parents are not spectators in their children's education.

Parents have a powerful voice — especially when we stand together.

• Next CCS Board of Ed Meeting •

Monday, September 14th, 2026
Be there by 5:30pm if you want to speak, 6pm for regular session
Central Services Board Room located at 468 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro
All public is welcome to attend.

If you can't attend the meeting, please watch and/or listen to the meeting online here. The meeting agenda is usually posted a day before or on the day of the meeting.

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