Teachers? Is it too late to request this?

[Anonymous]

Teacher here says certainly email the principal and mention that it was enough of an issue to warrant a conference and your child has improved over the summer. They may have separated them already, but maybe not. No problem to ask. They are moving kids all the time in August. It’s not a big deal to the principal. It is to you as a parent, and that’s fine. It can’t hurt to ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op if it was a problem for the teacher and you had a conversation formally then rest assured those girls won’t be in the same class this year. Sit tight and if there is a problem again you can address it

NP here. OP, the advice above isn't advice I'd follow. A friend asked in the spring (in writing) that her son not be in class with another boy the next fall and the teacher agreed that the boys needed separating; however, on the first day of school in the fall, they were in each other's class again. Somehow the ball got dropped by the main office over the summer despite the parent's written and verbal request and the previous year's teacher knowing the two boys shouldn't be together. It was resolved quickly but it was a pain for my friend to have to be "that" parent and sail into the office on the second day of school insisting that at least one boy get moved. (The issues between these boys were serious enough to make separation a priority, believe me.)

So don't rely on "resting assured" or "if there is a problem again you can address it." You and your DD don't need the stress of finding out on day one that your kid was indeed placed with the other child and you have to beg for a change when class lists are already set and teachers are ready to roll.

Make the request in writing and also phone to follow up and ensure you're on the school's radar, and do it now--back in the spring would have been better but don't hesitate to do it now. As another PP notes, do not bring up goofy talk as a reason. Say that the girls are disruptive together and already occasioned some separation during the past school year.

[Anonymous]

Email the principal.

The school doesn't want kids who distract each other in class together either.