How often do you contact your child's teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher I want to hear from you if...

1. Something is going on in your child's life that impacts them socially, emotionally or academically at school.

2. If you have legitimate concerns about your child at school - socially, emotionally or academically.

3. In response to an email I send to you about concerns I have.

4. About extended absences

Otherwise I don't need to hear from you. Most other information you can get from the website, talking to your child, having your child ask at school the next day, talking to other parents, newsletters etc. Please don't email asking for clarification on a homework page. Just write on the page - couldn't complete as instructions weren't clear.

Dang....I hope my kids never have you as a teacher. You sound old and bitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister who is a teacher out in Calif. is always encouraging me to email the teacher, b/c she is used to having parents contact her all the time. She tells me she even texts them in the middle of the day, gets texts from parents clarifying something in the middle of the day, etc.

In my experience, this feels excessive to me as a parent, so I don't do what she suggests.

However, on days when my DD (age 6, in K) is supposed to go someplace different (to Extended Day instead of the carpool line, to Daisies in stead of the carpool line, etc.) I send an email just with one sentence: "Just a quick reminder: Larla Smith goes to Daisies today." or something like that. The one day I did not do it, teacher sent her to Daisies when she wasn't supposed to go that day, and I was left standing out at carpool line thinking, "Where is my child? Where is my child?" Loony annoying teacher didn't even apologize to me.

*Should* you send a quick, one sentence email as this pp describes if there is a change in where your kid is going after school on a particular day? (?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister who is a teacher out in Calif. is always encouraging me to email the teacher, b/c she is used to having parents contact her all the time. She tells me she even texts them in the middle of the day, gets texts from parents clarifying something in the middle of the day, etc.

In my experience, this feels excessive to me as a parent, so I don't do what she suggests.

However, on days when my DD (age 6, in K) is supposed to go someplace different (to Extended Day instead of the carpool line, to Daisies in stead of the carpool line, etc.) I send an email just with one sentence: "Just a quick reminder: Larla Smith goes to Daisies today." or something like that. The one day I did not do it, teacher sent her to Daisies when she wasn't supposed to go that day, and I was left standing out at carpool line thinking, "Where is my child? Where is my child?" Loony annoying teacher didn't even apologize to me.

*Should* you send a quick, one sentence email as this pp describes if there is a change in where your kid is going after school on a particular day? (?)

Our school has a policy about this. We are told to contact a specific person in the main office, along with the HR teacher so that everyone is on the same page for carpool. If I don't send information telling them my child is going home with someone they don't have on file as being regularly authorized to pick up my child on that day, they won't let my child leave with that person. There are also procedures on who to write if your child is sick or will be late. Again, the HR teacher is on that list.

So if you were at our school, "yes, you SHOULD" send that email.