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Need advice about school.
Posted: Sep 6, 2011
I made sure that I taught my son to read, add and subtract before he began kindergarten. I talked to the principal at the public school to see if they can accommodate him or if she thought I should look in to public school. She assured me that they wanted my son at thier school and that they would be sure to keep him busy and learning. So far, he has learned nothing. They do not have him reading. They only have him identifying letters, which is something my 2-year-old can do.
For the first two weeks of school, he had substitute teachers because apparently, his kindergarten teacher tried to commit suicide. At the middle of the third week of school, they split the students from that class between the remaining classes, so he has a new teacher. Because of this, I did not meet his teacher on the first day or at the meet the teacher night at school. She sent home a letter saying that the best way to contact her is through e-mail and I have written several e-mails offering to volunteer in her class, which she has ignored. I finally met her on Friday morning when they had a walk-your-student-to-class day and I again offered to volunteer, at which point, she told me that she does not need my help.
Friday afternoon, progress reports came out and they say that my son has a 74% in math. I have looked through all of the papers that he has brought home from school this year and they all are 100%, so i don't know how he could possibly have a low C, especially considering that he can add and subtract double digit numbers and I know that the other kids cannot. I wrote an e-mail (again, her preferred method of communication, according to the teacher) to ask for a conference to talk about this and she has again failed to answer. I don't really know how to handle this. I don't want to cause bad blood between myself and the teacher because I want my son to have the best year possible, but I also don't like being ignored and kept out of the loop. this is, after all, MY son.
How would you all handle this situation?
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Should have said "look into private school" - oops. nm
[ In Reply To ..]xx
What I would do - another mom
[ In Reply To ..]Frankly, I would start looking at other schools and work on transferring him out, if you can.
I would also call the teacher and ask her if she has received any of the emails. If you have to leave a message, and she doesn't get back to you, I would send her an email that includes the emails you have already sent, and the info about the voice mail.
CC the principal on it, and request a meeting.
Also, could he transfer classes? I would ask about that if you want to keep him in the school.
Also try to connect with the other parents in his class...find out if anyone else is having the same issues.
Good luck!
need advice - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I think you need to go to the principal and explain the situation. After all, he/she is the teacher's boss.
I would probably talk to private schools, and you - may even want to think
[ In Reply To ..]about homeschooling if that is something you could teach yourself or we have magnet schools where I live. The unfortunate part of your child knowing so much in kindergarten is that he is going to probably be pushed aside some. There are so many kids that come into school with no pre K or even with pre K are not up to this level. They have to know certain things to move on, and you can guarantee the kids who need help are going to be the ones getting the extra time. I think if you move to private there will be a little better for you as most of the kids would at least have had pre K.
I would talk to the principal before I did anything. Don't know what size school this is, but at my children's school, the teachers from the same grades work together and are usually somewhat friendly. It is probably a quite stressful situation for the teacher right now also as their coworker just tried to commit suicide and now they have a larger class and new children that were unexpected. Hopefully, you will find out that the "C" is a big mistake on the teacher's part.
Might also see if they could have him tested for the gifted program (assuming they have one). I know where we live they normally do where I live at 4th grade if they have met certain criteria, but you can request at younger ages, just not sure how young.
I feel terrible now. It did not even occur to me to think - about how her coworker trying to
[ In Reply To ..]kill herself might affect his teacher. I called the principal yesterday and have a conference set up with the teacher and the principal. I do still think that she should have returned my e-mails and that she should be more open to having parents in her classroom, especially if she is feeling overwhelmed. I am sure that there is something that she could use some help with and it bothers me that she doesn't want me to come into her classroom. She has my child 7 hours per day. I should be permitted to see what she is doing with him during those hours. At any rate, I am going to try to go into this with an open mind and maybe we can work something out. If not, private school is always an option. Thank you all for your responses!
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