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[quote=Anonymous]DC had a bad fit with his teacher last year (the only time in six years of ES that we've had a problem).  The teacher was extremely disorganized and didn't communicate well with parents, and DC is also disorganized and forgetful.  In our case, the ES has only one AAP class in DC's grade, so there was nowhere to move him.

FWIW, I took away a couple things from the experience of a bad teacher-child combo.  One was to try to work with the teacher and express concerns with her before going over her head.  When things didn't improve, then DH and I met with the principal and the teacher, to express concrete concerns and develop an informal plan (for example we bought extra copies of workbooks, so we could keep one copy at home and one at school, and she was supposed to send out an email every two weeks listing important dates, tests, projects, etc.)  As the year progressed and things still didn't improve, DH and I started cc'ing the administration when we e-mailed the teacher about significant issues/problems.

We had a frustrating year, but DC survived with no permanent damage done.  And I feel like DH and I now have some credibility with the school administration because we really tried to work with this teacher-- some of DC's classmates parents went to the principal and demanded hat the teacher be fired as their first resort.  Since there are 2 AAP classes for DC#2's grade, I feel like i can legitimately request the other teacher for DD.   IN your case, if you make a real, good faith effort to work with this teacher, and try to make the administration see you want to be part of the solution, the administration will probably be more willing to listen to your concerns and take placement requests more seriously for your DC and any siblings down the line.

Good Luck.[/quote]

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