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[quote=Anonymous]Last year, DC (elementary school) was in a class where the teacher took a leave of absence for more than half the school year, and the class had an substitute. The substitute was ok, did the best they could. Teacher came back and it was like night and day and things went very smoothly after that but it was almost the end of the school year.

This year, DC is in a class with a brand new teacher and is struggling. DC reports that if one child misbehaves in class, everyone gets a consequence. For example, the teacher stepped out of the class and the children went wild, so when she got back to the class, everyone had to put their head on the desk. If a child misbehaves, they run laps at recess. I'm not troubled about the consequences. I could never manage a class full of children. The teacher seems to be doing the best she can under the circumstances. Sounds like there's a few behaviorally challenging children in the room. However, DC struggles with anxiety and the anxiety this year is sky high, doesn't want to go to school, DC often looks sad in the evening, etc. DC also struggles academically although there are no learning disabilities (we had the testing) but is receiving extra help with pull out services, etc. The academic challenges in addition to the anxiety and a teacher she doesn't feel comfortable has been very tough.

Does FCPS take parent requests into consideration about changing teachers?  I don't want to go in complaining about the teacher to the principal but more of a situation where it's not the right environment for DC.

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