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June 10 at 8:12am
My son attends a local elementary school. Yesterday when I pick him
up I was greeted by one of his teachers as my child entered my car.
She began to talk to me about my child's behavior and issues there
have been in her class for awhile. She was beyond rude and
disrespectful to me and was doing all of this in front of my child who
began to cry in the back seat. I am absolutely appalled by her actions
and on top of it, it is the first time I'm hearing of any problems he has
had at school. She has never taken the time to email or call me but
yet yell at me in front of my child. Who would I talk to about this
problem? I am not a happy mama
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Traci Kaldestad, Erin Angus-Snapka, Geno Cuevas and 2 others
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RemoveBetty Magana Armenta How awful! I'm sorry but why did
she wait till the very last to tell u that how unprofessional of her!!!!June 10
at 9:00am Like
RemoveLisa Reed No they don't work "for" us, but they SHOULD
work "with" us. Many of them give the impression (for whatever
reason/excuse) that they don't give a hoot. Part of their job that they are
paid for is to be part of the team. If they can't communicate effectively with
parents, perhaps they should find a new line of work.June 10 at 12:04pm
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RemoveDerek Witt Lisa it seems like in this case she was trying to
communicate but maybe some feel if they dont like how or what teacher is
saying then it is teachers fault. Maybe if we listen more and judge less we
will find out teachers try to communicate a lot but if parents dont like the
message they would rather jump on its teachers fault bandwagon. These
teachers are teachers not here to coddle you or your feelings. I hear
teachers dont work with me.. code for they wont cave into my demands or
do it my way.. if your asking for help you are at the teachers choice on
how that help comes. If you dont like how they give EXTRA timw and help
and commuication maybe you jave unrealistic expectationsJune 10 at
12:13pm Edited Like 5
RemoveKim Helm I'm sorry but at certain schools you need to skip
the principle and go above them, they are there for the teacher not the
student and parents, the people higher up, care about publicity and will get
things done so it stays in the school and out of this kind of media.June 10
at 12:29pm Like
RemoveDerek Witt Carol Reed you must of not read where I have
said I have NOT ONE, but TWO children in the district. One is just
finishing 8th grade and one will be in Kindergarten next year. I have also
said if my child is having issues with behavior or grades then I don't care if
it is in the parking lot, grocery store, etc... I have no problems with the
teacher coming up and letting me know. You just said that sending notes
home or emailing doesn't always work. She had a chance to let the parent
know face to face and simply let the parent know (communicate) what the
issue was. I also said I am sure that there could be better ways to
address, but just as parents have timing issues dealing with 1-4 kids and
their issues, IMAGINE how tough it is to deal with 25 plus kids and their
families schedules, issues, etc...Also being from a family full of educators
for over 30 plus years and being in education for over 17 myself (before
leaving because of parents- NOT KIDS- but parents) I have devoted my
entire life studying the best practices in helping kids of all types reach their
potential not only as students, but also as human beings) To use your
example if my child spills something it IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY to clean it
up. You can ask people around me, I am constantly on both of my kids for
all the manners they need. (Please/Thank You etc for the 8th grader and
the kindergartner) and I will always back the teacher in a situation like that
if my kids need to fix the situation. So you running to the superintendent
with your problems seem like a waste of time when to be honest I would
hope you would expect your child to act like a human being and not
entitled to think others are there to serve them. The fact you got what you
wanted doesn't mean you are right it, means that once again you chose to
blame the teacher/janitor because you didn't like how it was handled
instead of teaching your child that they are RESPONSIBLE for their own
actions. It is to bad because as these generations grow up feeling that
way they will continue to struggle once they are in the real world and you
can't protect them any longer. This is not about you getting what you want
because schools would rather cater to those making the noise instead of
doing what they are intended to do and that is make a greater
student/person.. They unfortunately can't do that any longer as they are to
busy kissing butt to parents who run to the board every time little Johnny
gets in trouble for doing something they shouldn't of been doing to begin
with. I am sorry if this is straight forward and seems like it is at you, BUT
YOU made this personal when you called me out without reading the
posts above and called me out.June 10 at 1:25pm Like 9
RemoveJeff Brown It's the last week of school and you're meeting
your kid's teacher for the first time?June 10 at 10:42pm Edited Like 3
RemoveLisa Reed You are very lucky. Not all of us have had that
experience, and it certainly hasn't been from lack of trying. In the past
month I've sent two emails a week to my child's teacher. Not a single
response. Not one. Parents have been instructed to email first unless it is
urgent. I'm just checking in to see how my kid is doing and I get ignored.
Do I do nothing, or go to the principal? I really do envy the parents who
are able to be involved at the school and/or who've been blessed with a
teacher who is a great and willing communicator. Not all of them are. It is
quite sad. Who really wants to go to someone's boss to tattle on them? I
bet no one does. Sometimes it's the only option though.June 10 at
10:57pm Edited Like 1
RemoveJason Petty All, this post has served its purpose and has
taken yet another turn downhill. I'll post again what I said yesterday. Let's
be done with this
You can have all the opinions you want, but you must take the time
to make those opinions constructive. You don't like something? That's
fine, but what would you want to see in place of that?
This is not a forum to just complain, insult, bash or rant about the
schools.
We are here for the children. We are here to give ideas to each
other, to share stories and to answer questions. I created this group
because I was tired of seeing only hate for the school district. I want
people to feel like they can ask anything, big or small, smart or silly a
question with no fear that they will get bashed on, same goes for the
district. There is another group for that if you don't want to try and solve
the many problems that are plaguing the schools, parents, children and
district.9 hrs Like 4
It's a shame that some teachers feel bullied. We need to figure out
why that is, the extent of the problem, and address it. That will get done in
meetings, not on Facebook or in the local papers.1 hr Like