Parents being Facebook friends with teachers

[Oggy]

Am I being unreasonable to think it is a bit inappropriate for a teacher to be Facebook friends with parents of pupils currently in their class?

My daughter's teacher has several Facebook friends that are parents of children in her class. I think it is a bit weird, she's not even a dormant friend as it were but comments regularly on statuses.

I have no specific concerns like favoritism or her saying things she shouldn't to these parent friends, it's just a general feeling of it doesn't seem right really.

Am I being totally uptight about it? I have no intention of doing or saying anything to anyone by the way, it just seemed that so many were friends with th teacher that I started to wonder whether it is me being out of touch with the times or not.

What do people think?

Sorry if this has come up before, haven't seen anything personally, may have missed it.

Yep, we're advised by both the school and the union not to do it. I'm a bit troubled by facebook in general. I'm on there under a pseudonym. I am friends with a few former pupils although usually through other methods like them becoming parents themselves and us moving in the same circles.

Definitely wouldn't have the parents of a current pupil!

I am friends on Facebook with one of DD's old teachers from primary school - at one point she did teach DD

She's been a very, very close friend for years, before my DD was even born

Almost as inappropriate as raising a zombie thread.

It's her look-out. I wouldn't do it but it is completely different to her being friends with a pupil.

Total zombie.

I live and work in a town where everyone knows loads of people and am friends with lots of parents on FB. It's never been a problem and nobody thinks there's anything inappropriate about it.

YANBU. Obviously you shouldn't have to defriend if you know each other out of school but does seem a bit inappropriate to be Facebook friends as a result of teaching your child.