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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

Thanks for all your comments.

My husband and I spent a lot of time talking about this yesterday. We don't deny anything the teacher has observed. But we also are concerned about the classroom dynamic. It's a highly coveted public school - and the classroom is GT kids only. So I'm sure that the teacher has much higher expectation for the kids. This is also a large class (22-24 kids). Based on our limited observation of his interaction with his current class, at the beginning (one month ago) he seemed to blend in, playing and doing silly things with boys etc. But at the recent birthday parties, he seemed less comfortable around his classmates. For example, there are three tables at a boys party, and he will find his spot at a new empty table.

There is also this one kid who constantly makes faces at him, and there is another kid complained to us that our kid is not listening in class and is annoying, and also asked us that whether we are giving XX (our kid) a time-out. So at some point in the recent month, the class dynamic has changed. I'm not denying what the teacher has observed, and the change in class dynamic could be due to our kid's behavior. But I'm also not sure how the teacher handles his behavior in class. Was he called out and shamed in front of the class etc.

Our preschool teacher has not raised concerns about his social behavior. Preschool teacher did mention him being inattentive sometimes and the teacher's observation was that he might be bored. But at preschool he is also the kid who shows up on school social media interacting with the teacher etc, he played well with his preschool classmates. He told us things like his classmates' vacation plans, older siblings etc, etc. Things you wouldn't know unless you carried conversations with other kids. He also attended a winter camp last year and enjoyed it from day one.

We'll talk with the teacher more, and we've reached out to pediatric psychologists. What also concerned us (which we did not realize earlier) was that the teacher simply pointed out all the bad behaviors without even trying to dig deeper into the cause, or asking us about his behavior in other settings. We are definitely not ignoring the teacher's concerns. Our kid has always loved school, so hearing that he’s not thriving to his fullest potential breaks our hearts. [/quote]

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