School not allowing access to water in hot weather
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Anonymous
No, different school. |
Anonymous
Yes, especially in elementary. I have seen teachers have the student refill when they return from recess- from the fountain. |
Anonymous
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I'm a teacher, and I wouldn't let someone leave the room to get water in heat because all my students have water bottles at their desks each day. Also, I have a stash of bottled water behind my desk and whenever someone asks to "go get a drink of water" (forgot water bottle), I always just give them a bottle or pour them a cup. Drinking lots of water is a good lifestyle choice, and it is healthy, and is something we should be encouraging and modeling.
I am a secondary teacher, but I'm sure that elementary students are also encouraged to bring water bottles. The teacher is wrong not to encourage the kids to bring water, or to fail to give them/allow them to get water if they need it. I'm off on maternity now and I miss my classroom sooooo badly... |
Anonymous
Then tell us the school. Stop being so cagey. |
Anonymous
| Can you at least tell us what town? |
Anonymous
| I call OP a troll. Two days in a row? Other parents in the classroom? Doesn't ring right. |
Anonymous
| Really. The teacher let a kid pass out and yelled for everyone to keep working, in front of several parent witnesses? If you want to blame the teacher, you all better hold yourselves accountable if you saw all of this go down and stood by with your thumb up your butt! |
Anonymous
I am not a troll. It wasn't really two days in a row - it was like a Thurs and a Monday or something like that. But close together. And all year my kid has been struggling with the water thing. As soon as I pick him up, he grabs my water bottle and drinks half of it down. I have spoken to the teacher many times about allowing the kids to use the fountain in the room, and she says she lets them use it whenever they want. However, it's not true, because all the kids are afraid to get up unless they ask first, and many are afraid to even ask. I have seen the teacher's aide actually yell at kids for trying to get a drink. There are many things wrong with this classroom, and frankly I think the whole school is wonky somehow. Just not right. The principal is completely unhelpful and retaliates if you complain (and retaliates viciously - I know, because I've complained). I know it doesn't ring right, but unfortunately it is true. |
Anonymous
I agree. But the other parents are just so damn complacent. No one wants to complain about anything. No one wants to rock the boat. I've already been the complainer one too many times and had trouble with the principal because of it. I'm honestly scared of her. Even the parent didn't complain! I feel like other parents actually get annoyed with me when I suggest we speak up about something, like the no water thing. But they just shrug and walk away. I feel like the odd one out - I AM the odd one out. It's weird. |
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I believe op. The reason why is because I've seen this dynamic in schools before. You tend to see a very mean IA and the home room teacher is not very nice either, but usually it's the IA that is the very mean one. I've moved around a lot so I've been in many different elementary schools. I'm going to guess that ops child is in a grade that is second grade or younger.
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Anonymous
| What the hell school is this?! |
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Plenty of schools have bad ratings on GS. I would believe it but being so weird about naming even the town is screaming fake - like you know if you name a school people whose kids go there will call you out .
If you saw this happen , report it, and blast them all over the damn place ... why protect them? Also why the hell would there be a room full of parents? And no one complaining? Really? |
Anonymous
| OP I believe you. Contact your asst. superintendent. There won't be any retribution. Sorry to hear this happened. |
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New poster here. The OP explained above, more than once, why no other parents did anything and why she was afraid to -- this teacher intimidates them all, and complaints to the principal have already brought retaliation onto this parent. OP doesn't specify what that retaliation was, but PP, believe me, it often ends up being something that affects the "squeaky wheel parent's" child. If everyone is this scared of the teacher, the aide AND the principal, you need to report it to the superintendent -- but I would get a written report to the principal done first, so you can say (when the principal blows you off) that you did indeed take this to the principal first. If you go directly to the superintendent's office, you likely will be told, "You need to approach the principal first." So do that, fast, and then: Write the super's office. . But be SURE to be very factual; do it in writing (e-mail and then also send a registered letter with "return receipt" card attached); and do not let it get emotional or drag in other incidents. Stick to the lack of water issue and the fainting that you witnessed. Emphasize that you witnessed it in person. If you can get other parents who witnessed it to also sign, that is better since you will not be one complainer -- they are more likely to dismiss one parent as having a grudge or being a serial whiner, but if a couple of parents or a group complains they have to pay more attention. Lay out what happened. The most effective complaint would be by the fainting child's parents. I would go for it because it's nearly the end of the school year and if the principal or teacher get angry about it now, well, there's less time in which they can make your life or your kid's life difficult. But you should expect repercussions and a reputation next year. I would very seriously try to get my kid out of any school where reasonable adults were this cowed by the principal. Not sure how you could do it, but I really would look hard at options, pronto. |
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I'm a teacher in FCPS and find it hard to believe that this is true. But if it is I am as infuriated by this parent's passivity than I am at the teacher. If you saw a childneeding medical intervention and the teacher wasn't callin for help then you should have, and then promptly reported the teacher to the principal, assistant superintendent for the region, and Dr. Garza.
What are you afraid of? What kind of "retribution" do you fear that could be worth risking a child's health or life?! |