Inappropriate response from teachers at Elementary School Summer Program

[Anonymous]

Contact the head of special Ed services:
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[Anonymous]

Out of curiosity, did you speak to the teacher? I think getting the full story is appropriate in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then do something about it besides post here, which actually accomplishes nothing.

But what can we do?

Talk to/email the teachers. And the principal. And yes, an assistant superintendent. You really couldn’t figure out to contact the employees and their supervisors?

[Anonymous]

I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think about how it’s going to sound when you make the complaint…. I mean it’s not the best thing in the world, but you seem like you’re looking for someone or something to blame.

I am having this reaction as well. Maybe you didn’t give a good description of the event but really I don’t get it. Im a parent of a kid who made serious suicidal threats multiple times at school and had two almost successful suicide attempts. It is harder than most can imagine. But the world goes on outside the bubble of your crisis. I just don’t see your complaint getting any traction and you’re going to feel a lot worse when no one responds. What was going on with the teachers is not about you or your son.

So you have found it acceptable if teachers snickered at your kid during a melt down involving threats of suicide? Weird.

Of course not but that is not what OP described.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think about how it’s going to sound when you make the complaint…. I mean it’s not the best thing in the world, but you seem like you’re looking for someone or something to blame.

I am having this reaction as well. Maybe you didn’t give a good description of the event but really I don’t get it. Im a parent of a kid who made serious suicidal threats multiple times at school and had two almost successful suicide attempts. It is harder than most can imagine. But the world goes on outside the bubble of your crisis. I just don’t see your complaint getting any traction and you’re going to feel a lot worse when no one responds. What was going on with the teachers is not about you or your son.

So you have found it acceptable if teachers snickered at your kid during a melt down involving threats of suicide? Weird.

Of course not but that is not what OP described.

It's exactly what was described.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

Sad for your child that you are such an idiot and so clueless about how children pick up on the actions of adults. Work with your therapist for a few more years. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then do something about it besides post here, which actually accomplishes nothing.

But what can we do?

Talk to/email the teachers. And the principal. And yes, an assistant superintendent. You really couldn’t figure out to contact the employees and their supervisors?

+100 you can’t solve the problem if you don’t actually contact people involved. THEN if you believe the problem isn’t solved go to the next level of supervisor. This is true at pretty much anywhere. They are going to ask you if you’ve contacted the principal and they will also call and talk to the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

Sad for your child that you are such an idiot and so clueless about how children pick up on the actions of adults. Work with your therapist for a few more years. Good luck.

Not PP but this is rude and uncalled for. The PP gave sound advice.

-another SN parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

This is most likely the paid public relations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

Sad for your child that you are such an idiot and so clueless about how children pick up on the actions of adults. Work with your therapist for a few more years. Good luck.

Not PP but this is rude and uncalled for. The PP gave sound advice.

-another SN parent

Exactly how the teachers in the OP behaved. Rude and uncalled for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I promise I am not MCPS, but I really think you’re taking this too far. You have no idea if the conversation had anything to do with your son. I’m not sure what led you to believe it did.

As another special needs parent, my advice is to learn to focus on the bigger things and let the smaller things go. Otherwise you will always be miserable. For me, it took working with my own therapist (and many years) to get there.

You are understandably stressed and summer school is clearly not providing enough support. However, going to the superintendent about a teacher giggling with another teacher seems over the top.

Focus on your child. His needs are not getting met. Period. If you want to talk to the superintendent about that, I would understand. But giggling? Move on.

Sad for your child that you are such an idiot and so clueless about how children pick up on the actions of adults. Work with your therapist for a few more years. Good luck.

Not PP but this is rude and uncalled for. The PP gave sound advice.

-another SN parent

Keep posting and sign your next one another another SN parent. Never sign your name or stand by your obnoxious comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, did you speak to the teacher? I think getting the full story is appropriate in this situation.

Launch the written complaint and let them speak to those insensitive teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think about how it’s going to sound when you make the complaint…. I mean it’s not the best thing in the world, but you seem like you’re looking for someone or something to blame.

I am having this reaction as well. Maybe you didn’t give a good description of the event but really I don’t get it. Im a parent of a kid who made serious suicidal threats multiple times at school and had two almost successful suicide attempts. It is harder than most can imagine. But the world goes on outside the bubble of your crisis. I just don’t see your complaint getting any traction and you’re going to feel a lot worse when no one responds. What was going on with the teachers is not about you or your son.

So you have found it acceptable if teachers snickered at your kid during a melt down involving threats of suicide? Weird.

Of course not but that is not what OP described.

It's exactly what was described.

No it is not. Just because something happened In the vicinity of OLs child does not make it about OPs child. It sounds like the teachers were really trying to work with a child who was in an inappropriate placement which was causing harm. I am not willing to presume inappropriate motives to their actions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think about how it’s going to sound when you make the complaint…. I mean it’s not the best thing in the world, but you seem like you’re looking for someone or something to blame.

I am having this reaction as well. Maybe you didn’t give a good description of the event but really I don’t get it. Im a parent of a kid who made serious suicidal threats multiple times at school and had two almost successful suicide attempts. It is harder than most can imagine. But the world goes on outside the bubble of your crisis. I just don’t see your complaint getting any traction and you’re going to feel a lot worse when no one responds. What was going on with the teachers is not about you or your son.

So you have found it acceptable if teachers snickered at your kid during a melt down involving threats of suicide? Weird.

Of course not but that is not what OP described.

It's exactly what was described.

No it is not. Just because something happened In the vicinity of OLs child does not make it about OPs child. It sounds like the teachers were really trying to work with a child who was in an inappropriate placement which was causing harm. I am not willing to presume inappropriate motives to their actions

It does. It does in a child centered school system. MCPS is not child centered. This child was in crisis and everything in the vicinity of that child impacted the child. Obviously, the child was smart enough to pick up on that. Self centered adults in an adult centered world didn't focus on the child and behaved inappropriately.

By your analogy a murder in front of a child, but not murdering the child should not impact the child.