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[quote=Anonymous]Wow OP, calm down.

The consequence of the countdown was the principal's office, right?  Teacher gave DD a chance to collect herself -that didn't work.  Then she started counting down, which is basically another chance for DD to collect herself, get up off of the floor, and move to the next center.  However, DD didn't do this.  So, the consequence of failing to comply to both chances to collect herself was going to the principal's office.

You'll find out today what happened at the principal's office.  I'm sure she was stern but yelling?  You'll have to decide for yourself after you hear her side of the story.

Your daughter sounds very typical of children who were not in structured pre-K.  That's OK, she'll figure it out.  Heck, my niece, who was a product of a free-thinking, child-led pre-K curriculum pulled the fire alarm on her 2nd day of K just to see what would happen.  She's now a great student but it took her a little while to learn that there are rules and you have to comply.

Just go into your meeting today with an open mind and remain calm.  If you go off on anybody for any reason throughout this process, you will have single-handedly destroyed your child's chance to get back on the right foot because you will forever be seen as a PITA parent.  Sorry, but that's life.[/quote]

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