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[quote=Anonymous]What would you do if the situations below were happening to your first grader?

1. My child's teacher was switched the second day of school, yet no one notified me until I finally called the office on Friday to find out what was going on and why he was bringing a different teacher's folder home. This really bothered me because it was a safety concern had there been an emergency and I had to pick him up from school. I wouldn't have even known which class he was in.

2. On Thursday of the first week of school, my child asked the gym teacher if he could go to the bathroom. The gym teacher told him no, so my child had an accident and came home with wet clothes. I called the school and spoke with the gym teacher who told me he didn't know it was an emergency. I told him if my child has to go to the bathroom, he should be allowed to go to the bathroom and not have to say it's an emergency. Also, I asked him why he was sent back to class with wet clothes and he said it was the end of the school day. His afternoon teacher told me she knew of the accident as well, but instead of letting him change his clothes sent him home. 
 
3. This past week, when my child had media special he told me the Library Aide threw his socks in the trash because he had taken them off and was throwing them in the air. 
 
4. Also this past week, my child told me that his math teacher, who is a long-term substitute in place while the regular teacher is on maternity leave, had pulled his ear hard. I don't do that to my own child, and a teacher should definitely not be putting their hands on my child like that! I have worked in the school system in many aspects, one being a long-term subsitute teacher, and putting your hands on a student in a hurtful way is not tolerated.

I spoke with the assistant principal last week and she just seemed to blow off my concerns. I am meeting with the principal and his morning teacher on Monday and have already requested a change of math teacher effective immediately. This school has issues and I'm not sure how effective the meeting will even be.[/quote]

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