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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You expect parents to call you Ms. Lastname? We are all adults. Parents and teachers should be on a first-name basis u less kids are present. So, in an email it should be addressing by first name.[/quote]

Absolutely,  I expect that parents address teachers by their last name, and likewise for teachers to address parents by their last name. Neither should be on a first-name basis unless they happen to know each other socially, as well.

It is outright [b]rude[/b] for a parent or teacher to automatically use a first name in an email to the other. It is not appropriate. [/quote]

That is your opinion. That is not my opinion. I think it is much more appropriate for adults to call one another by first name when child is not present, especially over email when there is no wat a child could overhear it. It seems rude not to do so. And when my child’s principal addresses me in an email as Dear firstname, when we have never been in touch before, I welcomeD it and don’t find it rude. We are adults, and I write back using Dear firstname. [/quote]

So if a teacher's email signature says, "Sincerely, Mrs. Smith," you'd write back, "Dear Mary"?  :shock:

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