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[quote=Anonymous]I assume OP is in FCPS where it is standard practice for the schools to offer you to send such a letter. I would never send such a letter if it wasn't offered, but given that it is offered, I totally overthink this every year!!  We will see if this thread changes my mind at all.

In general, I usually do not send the letter (with one caveat, which I will explain). One reason is that I think it is good for my kids (and me) to be adaptable and meet new people and adjust and learn about different teaching styles. Maybe I had some preconceived notion of someone who would be a great teacher and really someone else would have been the better teacher for my kid.  Most of the time I want to leave it to chance instead of worrying that my letter messed up what would have been a better placement, ha.

I would rather not send a letter every year and have it like - oh she sends something every year. Not that I have any reason to believe that this is how it works, but I would rather "save" it for a time when I have something I really, really feel strongly about and hope that they'll really try to accommodate me that time. With 3 kids, I'm going to be at the ES a long time!

All this being said, one of my kids was recently diagnosed ADHD and our dr suggests requesting a teacher with experience working with kids with attention issues. I thought that was good advice, and I did that this year and I think we did get a teacher with such experience. That's the only request I plan to make for now (no friend requests and no requests for my other children at this point). 
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