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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Last year, my neice had "that teacher." My sister was told she could not volunteer in the classroom or visit the classroom during the school day. She could only chaperone field trips. [/quote]

this sounds fishy to me....i have never heard of a school (or at least, a DCPS) that wasn't champing at the bit to get parents as volunteers IN the classroom! teachers need the help and like the break. i wouldn't send my kid to a school that was not welcoming of volunteers. i'd at least talk to the principal. [/quote]

It is amazing to me how many people view this as "fishy."

I'm the person who has posted a couple of times about our own bad teacher, who wasn't all that bad, but was very unwelcoming of parental involvement.  OP (I think) asked what I wish I had done differently.  Teacher never provided us with any contact info, and just in passing in January I mentioned in passing in a PTA meeting, that the principal attended, that we did not have a way to reach teacher.  Most other parents chimed in that had full contact info for teacher.  PRincipal did not say anything to me, but the very next day the teacher sent home a paper with full contact info for her on it.

If this is a case of waiting it out, maybe the principal just goes along with this bad teacher, which is a shame to me given the opportunities in the past few years to get rid of teachers - I don't think there will be the same opportunities in coming years.

But yes, PP, there are schools in DCPS that don't want volunteers in the classroom, or really don't want them until after the calendar year changes.  There are teachers out there who actively work to limit communication.  It stinks, but so far (jsut in 1st now, so 2 full years' experience under our belts), it's not been too disruptive of learning in these early years.  But when i think of a bad teacher in 3rd, or 5th grade, or 7th grade, I just think I could not handle it.  An entire year of bad teacher can not be good overall.  It just can't.  [/quote]

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