School wrongly accused my child

[Anonymous]

“Needless to say don’t fight unless you can win.”

- Perhaps I’m okay with a shake up without a win, just because I truly hope this “incident = series of documented complaints” will shed the light on some fundamental issues (learning system made so confusing that one friend spends part time on it) will help to get a better helpful response rate from the teachers (this one is a lost cause because they are over-burdened, or like one poster stated, don’t care).

Multiply those part-time hours by #SNs. Multiply by avg hourly wage in fairfax. You will get average cost to the fairfax economy.

The system has a LOT of room for streamlining. (Anyone I talk to with middle-schoolers complains about schoology.)
- That’s the key lesson.

But something happened yesterday, which is making me rethink things…

One teacher x apparently said in the class — I feel sad for this lost generation. My son says kids were behaving chaotic and that’s what she said in response to their faces…

I imagined that school teacher’s day, which gets so bad, that she loses it in front of the same kids that she is supposed to inspire… So, ‘leave it’ group is kind of winning at this time — I do feel sad she has a rough job and breaks down like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
“Needless to say don’t fight unless you can win.”

- Perhaps I’m okay with a shake up without a win, just because I truly hope this “incident = series of documented complaints” will shed the light on some fundamental issues (learning system made so confusing that one friend spends part time on it) will help to get a better helpful response rate from the teachers (this one is a lost cause because they are over-burdened, or like one poster stated, don’t care).

Multiply those part-time hours by #SNs. Multiply by avg hourly wage in fairfax. You will get average cost to the fairfax economy.

The system has a LOT of room for streamlining. (Anyone I talk to with middle-schoolers complains about schoology.)
- That’s the key lesson.

But something happened yesterday, which is making me rethink things…

One teacher x apparently said in the class — I feel sad for this lost generation. My son says kids were behaving chaotic and that’s what she said in response to their faces…

I imagined that school teacher’s day, which gets so bad, that she loses it in front of the same kids that she is supposed to inspire… So, ‘leave it’ group is kind of winning at this time — I do feel sad she has a rough job and breaks down like that.

So son went to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
“Needless to say don’t fight unless you can win.”

- Perhaps I’m okay with a shake up without a win, just because I truly hope this “incident = series of documented complaints” will shed the light on some fundamental issues (learning system made so confusing that one friend spends part time on it) will help to get a better helpful response rate from the teachers (this one is a lost cause because they are over-burdened, or like one poster stated, don’t care).

Multiply those part-time hours by #SNs. Multiply by avg hourly wage in fairfax. You will get average cost to the fairfax economy.

The system has a LOT of room for streamlining. (Anyone I talk to with middle-schoolers complains about schoology.)
- That’s the key lesson.

But something happened yesterday, which is making me rethink things…

One teacher x apparently said in the class — I feel sad for this lost generation. My son says kids were behaving chaotic and that’s what she said in response to their faces…

I imagined that school teacher’s day, which gets so bad, that she loses it in front of the same kids that she is supposed to inspire… So, ‘leave it’ group is kind of winning at this time — I do feel sad she has a rough job and breaks down like that.

I have a current 8th grader with ADHD, anxiety, depression, former school refusal, and a history of self harm. She had no issues with Schoology and is finishing the year with fantastic grades. Neither happened by accident. Years of hard work on her part and ours have helped her succeed. She works hard, communicates with her teachers, I contact them when needed, and she makes the most of the coping mechanisms she has learned in therapy.

You have to put in the work to help you child — the school can only do so much.

[Anonymous]

Yes, he went to school on Friday after some talk therapy. He asked me if the two people that questioned him could stop pulling him.

The following is close to what he said:

“I just wanted to go back to PE, and those people kept asking me questions. I told them that it wasn’t me, but they didn’t believe me (crying starts) and they still called you. They hate me. They think I am a [bad guy]. I just wanted to get out of that room. I wanted them to leave me alone. Can you tell them to leave me alone?”

He’s almost back to the usual happy self.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he went to school on Friday after some talk therapy. He asked me if the two people that questioned him could stop pulling him.

The following is close to what he said:

“I just wanted to go back to PE, and those people kept asking me questions. I told them that it wasn’t me, but they didn’t believe me (crying starts) and they still called you. They hate me. They think I am a [bad guy]. I just wanted to get out of that room. I wanted them to leave me alone. Can you tell them to leave me alone?”

He’s almost back to the usual happy self.

Is this his teachers or administration that’s still questioning him? If so, there’s obviously some questions that still need to be answered. They are not taking time out of their schedule to harass him because they “hate” him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
“Needless to say don’t fight unless you can win.”

- Perhaps I’m okay with a shake up without a win, just because I truly hope this “incident = series of documented complaints” will shed the light on some fundamental issues (learning system made so confusing that one friend spends part time on it) will help to get a better helpful response rate from the teachers (this one is a lost cause because they are over-burdened, or like one poster stated, don’t care).

Multiply those part-time hours by #SNs. Multiply by avg hourly wage in fairfax. You will get average cost to the fairfax economy.

The system has a LOT of room for streamlining. (Anyone I talk to with middle-schoolers complains about schoology.)
- That’s the key lesson.

But something happened yesterday, which is making me rethink things…

One teacher x apparently said in the class — I feel sad for this lost generation. My son says kids were behaving chaotic and that’s what she said in response to their faces…

I imagined that school teacher’s day, which gets so bad, that she loses it in front of the same kids that she is supposed to inspire… So, ‘leave it’ group is kind of winning at this time — I do feel sad she has a rough job and breaks down like that.

I have a current 8th grader with ADHD, anxiety, depression, former school refusal, and a history of self harm. She had no issues with Schoology and is finishing the year with fantastic grades. Neither happened by accident. Years of hard work on her part and ours have helped her succeed. She works hard, communicates with her teachers, I contact them when needed, and she makes the most of the coping mechanisms she has learned in therapy.

You have to put in the work to help you child — the school can only do so much.

+1, we are in a similar situation and DD is in A/B student. Not every teacher uses Schoology the same way but it’s not this impossible system that OP makes it out to be. Normally within a couple of weeks, we’ve figured out the teacher’s organizational system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
“Needless to say don’t fight unless you can win.”

- Perhaps I’m okay with a shake up without a win, just because I truly hope this “incident = series of documented complaints” will shed the light on some fundamental issues (learning system made so confusing that one friend spends part time on it) will help to get a better helpful response rate from the teachers (this one is a lost cause because they are over-burdened, or like one poster stated, don’t care).

Multiply those part-time hours by #SNs. Multiply by avg hourly wage in fairfax. You will get average cost to the fairfax economy.

The system has a LOT of room for streamlining. (Anyone I talk to with middle-schoolers complains about schoology.)
- That’s the key lesson.

But something happened yesterday, which is making me rethink things…

One teacher x apparently said in the class — I feel sad for this lost generation. My son says kids were behaving chaotic and that’s what she said in response to their faces…

I imagined that school teacher’s day, which gets so bad, that she loses it in front of the same kids that she is supposed to inspire… So, ‘leave it’ group is kind of winning at this time — I do feel sad she has a rough job and breaks down like that.

I am an MS teacher in the county. The majority of the students I have are perfectly lovely people, but they have lost more instructional time in the past few years because of disruptive behavior than any previous group of students I’ve had in my 20+ years of teaching.

Every year, there seem to be more and more students that are getting left behind academically. Like the teacher you mention in your post, I do feel bad for this generation. The students disrupting class - their actions may have long-term consequences. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it for them with some BS inspirational speech - I’ll just them the truth.

[Anonymous]

This is OP.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

***I would like to close this discussion with the following.***

The formal complain will be filed with all specifics. My family is moving on with summer plans and new school.

Those who have specific suggestions regarding how to make schoology more user-friendly, please, if you could, make the time to provide public comment:

https://www.fcps.org/boe/public-comment

Public speaking is not my strong suit, so my suggestions will be laid out in writing.

If you just ‘work the system’ by sitting quietly, it will STAY non-sensical, drawing down economic resources and your kids’ valuable time and confidence. Thanks for listening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

***I would like to close this discussion with the following.***

The formal complain will be filed with all specifics. My family is moving on with summer plans and new school.

Those who have specific suggestions regarding how to make schoology more user-friendly, please, if you could, make the time to provide public comment:

https://www.fcps.org/boe/public-comment

Public speaking is not my strong suit, so my suggestions will be laid out in writing.

If you just ‘work the system’ by sitting quietly, it will STAY non-sensical, drawing down economic resources and your kids’ valuable time and confidence. Thanks for listening.

What was the formal complaint you are thinking of making?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he went to school on Friday after some talk therapy. He asked me if the two people that questioned him could stop pulling him.

The following is close to what he said:

“I just wanted to go back to PE, and those people kept asking me questions. I told them that it wasn’t me, but they didn’t believe me (crying starts) and they still called you. They hate me. They think I am a [bad guy]. I just wanted to get out of that room. I wanted them to leave me alone. Can you tell them to leave me alone?”

He’s almost back to the usual happy self.

Is this his teachers or administration that’s still questioning him? If so, there’s obviously some questions that still need to be answered. They are not taking time out of their schedule to harass him because they “hate” him.

I think the OP is referencing the original day of the incident. Is that correct OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

***I would like to close this discussion with the following.***

The formal complain will be filed with all specifics. My family is moving on with summer plans and new school.

Those who have specific suggestions regarding how to make schoology more user-friendly, please, if you could, make the time to provide public comment:

https://www.fcps.org/boe/public-comment

Public speaking is not my strong suit, so my suggestions will be laid out in writing.

If you just ‘work the system’ by sitting quietly, it will STAY non-sensical, drawing down economic resources and your kids’ valuable time and confidence. Thanks for listening.

If it helps with the assigment chaos in the future, I'm all for it.