Reasonable amount of time for reply from teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has had several teachers who never responded at all, the entire school year. In one case it was urgent so we contacted the department head and then the assistant principal. Department head never responded either to multiple messages. The assistant principal intervened but seemed to make no indication that the teacher or department head did anything wrong by not responding.

This is a school where the admin is disliked and I could see why if they can't figure out a way to make teachers meet their responsibilities.

At all other schools DCs have attended teachers usually responded within 72 hours at the latest but usually sooner.

Maybe your email was crazy

Or didn’t have an actual question. Just a rant. How does a teacher respond if it’s a list of complaints? Should they argue with the parent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has had several teachers who never responded at all, the entire school year. In one case it was urgent so we contacted the department head and then the assistant principal. Department head never responded either to multiple messages. The assistant principal intervened but seemed to make no indication that the teacher or department head did anything wrong by not responding.

This is a school where the admin is disliked and I could see why if they can't figure out a way to make teachers meet their responsibilities.

At all other schools DCs have attended teachers usually responded within 72 hours at the latest but usually sooner.

Maybe your email was crazy

No, it was literally a quick but urgent question. This school is known for having some terrible teachers and the admin for that particular grade was a nightmare. If I named her lots of people would chime in with stories.

I would send a CYA email that spells out the problem, what was supposed to be done about the problem and who was involved with any conversation about the problem. Start with "i didn't receive a reply to my earlier email on October X. "

Then they cant come back and say you should have me tinned it before the end of the marking period.

You did and she ignored the problem and it's in writing.