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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you so much to everyone who replied, including and especially the teachers. I am so sorry to hear that you have struggled with this yourselves. I adore my child’s teacher—and I did last year, too—and I am so upset for her that she is now feeling and dealing with this stress. I am afraid to bring this up to her too Ok in because I know there is an limit to what she can do, and I hate to add to her burden. But I know ultimately it helps her if we are in communication with the admins (this is what the teacher last year advised, too). To the teacher who brought up subs: yes, I have fear about this. I know the teacher is taking a few days off in a couple of weeks, and I am worried about what will happen. Last year, the subs had a hard time. One actually told my child “not to tattle” when he saw the disruptive child push his friend into a desk. I wish there were more specific help and attention given to these kids: so know it must feel so scary for them, too, to be so out of control. [/quote]

We had a similar issue in my son's class last year. Child throwing chairs, punching teachers, etc. I had a verbal conversation with the teacher (who was absolutely wonderful) in which I asked if she was getting the support she needed. She said yes, but made it clear that it would be helpful if the Principal knew my concerns. I hadn't wanted to involve the Principal if it would look like I thought the teacher, who we really respected, wasn't doing her job well. Anyway, I wrote several emails to the teacher and copied the Principal and VP when specific instances happened (chair was thrown near my child, my child being touched incessantly, classroom evacuated and my child sad about missing math - he was only 5!)  Several other parents did as well. Luckily, the Principal is great and worked very hard with the disruptive child's parents to get the child classified with whatever he needed to get the proper instruction. Now he's in a different program and pushes into my child's class with an aide. And he's doing wonderfully.

Unfortunately, not every family is willing to have their child get the education that is most appropriate to them. That puts principals and teachers in a hard place.

Anyway, do get someone higher than the teacher involved. the teacher can't get extra classroom aides or have a kid removed to a better learning environment. [/quote]

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