WORST IDEA 8/30/10: Scheduling "meet the teacher" for an entire school at the same time

My son's school has parking for about 50 cars. So, of course, the principal scheduled all grades (K-4)for a "meet your new teacher" session over a 45 minute period. We had to park so far away we should have walked from home and I'm sure the neighbors who had cars overrun their streets were just thrilled. Totally worth it to spend 8 seconds with the new teacher and get to see exactly which desk my child will be sitting at.