Parents play a massive role in shaping how schools function.

Too often, it's toxic parents that complain to admin about XYZ, resulting in their child taking zero accountability for themselves and their learning. It results in teachers having to take on more work to keep these kids up to speed (creating alternative assessments, accepting work on the last day of class which forces teachers to grade a bunch of work during exam season, which hinders a teacher's ability to support other students... we only have so many hours in a day).

As a teacher, I completely support having alternative forms of assessment, allowing for flexibility (within reason) for submitting assignments, etc. There are some kids that take advantage of these empathetic and generous policies, and parents who enable the behavior. Contact your admin, and ask them how they think it's fair to let students receive credit for work they cannot submit in a timely manner?

As a parent, if your child has a GOOD teacher, contact the admin and make it known that your child has had a positive experience in that class for XYZ reasons. You hope to see that teacher working again in the next school year (this is more important for younger teachers who can get surplused, typically doesn't matter as much for permanent teachers who have built up seniority).

Let the admin know what sort of policies you support, or are against. If you can get a group of parents to voice similar opinions, even better!

Of course, it would be a bit weird to just say these things out of the blue. Overall, just voice your thoughts to the admin if your opinions come from a good place and you wish to support educators, and better society overall.

I hope what I've said makes sense haha