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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I emailed them re a issue I had with a teacher, and she CC THE TEACHER, THE Teacher replay to the  email.... IS she allowed to do this? [/quote]

OMG - the *exact* same thing happened to me!!  This was a few years ago, but it was mortifying.  Why do they do this??[/quote]

If your email being sent to the teacher is mortifying, you might want to think about what kind of emails you are writing. There are polite, professional ways to bring up issues that wouldn’t be embarrassing.[/quote]

Your snotty tone is a huge turnoff.  I actually did bring up the issue to the teacher first.  She completely dismissed me, so I then wrote an email to the principal, making it clear I had tried to resolve the issue with the teacher but that had not been successful.

Instead of the principal addressing the problem directly with the teacher, she decided to CC me on her email to the teacher.  The teacher then emailed me and gaslit me by pretending she was “open” to suggestions and had “no idea” why I would have taken this to the principal. Obviously, she was backpedaling after being called out.

It would have been far more productive - and less embarrassing for everyone - had the principal and teacher just dealt with this privately, especially after my email made clear I had tried doing just that unsuccessfully.[/quote]

You really think of the principals of parents and the teachers as kids. I’m a PP and again I ask, what did you want to happen? The principal to call the teacher to the office and demand the gradebook be updated?

Look- the other teacher explained it.  There is only so much time.  The principal forwarded the email, which is appropriate when you go over someone’s head for something small.  This is small. It’s not to you but it really is.  I’m sorry you are digging in on this.

I’m frustrated too.  My kid had grades not updated and we are in the final days.  I know emailing the principal is not the way to go.  If they are never updated and final grades are posted, that’s when the email goes out.  [/quote]

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