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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe these teachers are from the private schools we're talking about on this board. No parent paying $25k+ would be ok with a teacher who thinks parents should never contact teachers. We pay for the privilege of bothering teachers and administrators a lot! Besides Sidwell/GDS/Beauvoir etc. request/insist that parents help out in the classroom all the time so we're always around and it is hard to hate us without us knowing. Intensive back and forth with parents is part of the job in expensive private schools at the lower school level.  Teachers who ignore parents get complained about and too many complaints mean no contract renewal. It's a different story by high school since the schools really expect the students to be accountable for themselves without parental involvement.[/quote]
I've got children at one of those schools, and while the teachers are big into preaching self-reliance for the children and deterring helicoptering over the children, they also regularly encourage parents to contact them directly about any issues/questions/concerns.

I suspect that as a practical matter, whether your email to a teacher is considered annoying or not depends mostly on what the email is about.  If there's a real issue your child is facing - disputes with a classmate, not understanding something in class, problems at home - then I suspect most teachers will be happy to converse with you at length.  But if you're peppering the teacher with meaningless questions and grubbing for attention, you're going to be considered annoying after just one email.[/quote]

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