Oh, that's not true. I work for LAUSD, in a downtown school, in the belly of the liberal beast, and any parent who volunteers to come help us out, we fall all over them, practically drooling gratitude. We have several parent volunteers here every day and when there's a field trip, we literally go begging. We bribe parents with food and coffee. Anything to get them to come in and just be an adult around the school showing the kids that they are not in a grown-up-free zone.