Blueyed Girl
HAKUNA MATATA!
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- Dec 3, 2006
As a teacher and a mom, I am shocked and dismayed that a teacher/human being would treat anyone like that!!! There is no excuse for it and even less excuse for her to do that in front of children!!! Sounds like she is crazy and completely out of line. Like you said, if that happened in a public school the teacher would have some grave ramifications.
Question: since DS's school is a private school, is there a board of directors that you could go to to voice your concerns/complaints? I can't imagine that they would stand for that sort of thing and have the fear of losing a student (whose parents pay for him to go there) even though you don't want to leave (they don't have to know that ).
I am sorry that you are having to deal with all of this!
I am completely shocked myself. I was shocked the first time and now this is the 3rd.
Yes, it is a catholic school so I can go to the diocese who is over all catholic schools in our area. I am planning for that with the attorney but thought I'd try the conference thing as a last resort before going there. We've had a conference with her before but it was at the very beginning of school. The yelling had not begun yet.....to me anyway, there's no telling if she was yelling at the kids. Maybe I'm a fool to give it another chance. But that's also why I'm going to have everything lined up already in case this doesn't work.
Wow Cherie! This really is a tough one only because its a private school and pre-k. First off, I know most prob won't agree with me. But I always told Nova if you get hit, knock the kid on his/her butt. She will never be in trouble with us as long as she does not hit first. That's the old school in me.
I think you made the right decision in getting some advice. Try not to stress, like you said its only a couple of more months. How about switching his class for the remaining months?
Well, I know a lot wouldn't agree with it but DH and I have talked and feel that we are being put in the position to tell DS that it is not okay to hit first but that he needs to start taking up for himself and protecting himself. We will not reprimand him if he comes home with yellow after defending himself. It's just not right.
I don't want to switch his class now because he has so many friends in the class that he's in already. Some of the hitting is coming from kids in his class but some comes on the playground from other classes too. I just feel that if I switch him now it will do more harm to him than good.