Teacher says no need for parent-teacher meeting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you push the issue? 5th grade DD seems ok but doesn't have a single grade under 99%, and we're wondering if she's bored.

Is it your position that your daughter should receive lower grades ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you requesting a conference?

Our public didn’t have conferences after first or second grade unless you requested.

I have one in private and we have a zoom with each of his teachers.

Yes, I requested one. She declined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, she’s at a public school.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you want this? A lot of kids are bored at school. Provide enrichment outside of school if you want to give your kid a challenge. I think a lot of parents want conferences just so they can hear how great their kid is doing.

She has enrichment outside of school. I guess I just don't want surprises, you know? She's at the age where she doesn't tell us everything that goes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you requesting a conference?

Our public didn’t have conferences after first or second grade unless you requested.

I have one in private and we have a zoom with each of his teachers.

Yes, I requested one. She declined.

Oh, wow. I would push back on this. Involve administration if needed. That’s not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you requesting a conference?

Our public didn’t have conferences after first or second grade unless you requested.

I have one in private and we have a zoom with each of his teachers.

Yes, I requested one. She declined.

Oh, wow. I would push back on this. Involve administration if needed. That’s not ok.

Thanks. We're considering. If she says no need, maybe things are truly ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you requesting a conference?

Our public didn’t have conferences after first or second grade unless you requested.

I have one in private and we have a zoom with each of his teachers.

Yes, I requested one. She declined.

Oh, wow. I would push back on this. Involve administration if needed. That’s not ok.

+10000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you push the issue? 5th grade DD seems ok but doesn't have a single grade under 99%, and we're wondering if she's bored.

It’s not that unusual for elementary school students to get perfect scores in everything. This means they are understanding everything they are learning and are able to let the teacher know this by getting everything right on tests. That’s all you can ask for. You should be happy.

If she’s interested in more there are plenty of outside activities that can challenge her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you want this? A lot of kids are bored at school. Provide enrichment outside of school if you want to give your kid a challenge. I think a lot of parents want conferences just so they can hear how great their kid is doing.

And so? All parents should get an opportunity to have a conference twice per year with their child’s teacher. I have kids that do well in school. While yes, the conferences do contain “how great they are doing” it also is valuable in many ways. It validates things we are doing well at home and areas where there may be gaps that I can focus on, gives me insight into what they are actually doing in class, the material they are covering, their social life, upcoming projects, different opportunities for them that may be coming up. I find them very valuable.

I don’t think this is OP, but I look at conferences differently. Content is all online now. In our schools, they use Schoology and I can see what they are doing in class. I feel like I know my kids better than the teacher and it’s not really the teacher’s job to tell me about their social life at school. I only expect a conference if there are specific academic or behavior concerns we need to address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does DD say she’s bored?

Also, agree that at Publix there isn’t much they can do.

My kids have done a mix of public and private. Public always offered more GT options than private. The only difference is that my middle child was able to start K despite missing the public school age cut off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you requesting a conference?

Our public didn’t have conferences after first or second grade unless you requested.

I have one in private and we have a zoom with each of his teachers.

Yes, I requested one. She declined.

That is unacceptable. Are there no days off at your school for teacher planning/preparing for conferences and then subsequent days off or half days for the actual conferences to take place? At every school I have direct knowledge of, public and private, conferences are part of their job and worked into their paid hours. Everyone receives a sign up genius or Google calendar or something where they are able to sign up for a conference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you push the issue? 5th grade DD seems ok but doesn't have a single grade under 99%, and we're wondering if she's bored.

It’s not that unusual for elementary school students to get perfect scores in everything. This means they are understanding everything they are learning and are able to let the teacher know this by getting everything right on tests. That’s all you can ask for. You should be happy.

If she’s interested in more there are plenty of outside activities that can challenge her.

I wondered about this, actually. But it's hard to ask friends exactly how well their kids are doing in school, you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, she’s at a public school.

I love all these snotty responses from people who didn't read the thread. OP is at a private!

But as someone with her public school PT conference for my own 5th grader next week, I am laughing at you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public elementaries are moving away from PT conferences.

Not in this area they aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you push the issue? 5th grade DD seems ok but doesn't have a single grade under 99%, and we're wondering if she's bored.

It’s not that unusual for elementary school students to get perfect scores in everything. This means they are understanding everything they are learning and are able to let the teacher know this by getting everything right on tests.

+1 OP lots of DMV privates operate this way too. They turn up the gas starting in middle school.