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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize there is a teaching shortage, but what can a parent do if your child is placed with a newly hired, horribly mean teacher? My child who is a soft spoken, happy kid with straight As starts regularly crying and telling us how miserable he is with his teacher? We, along with many other parents in the classroom, have complained separately, met with administrators at the school. Then what? I’ve been trying to wait for things to improve within the classroom while also telling my child that “everyone has a bad teacher” sometimes and the likelihood of having another bad teacher next year is low. However, today my child had a complete meltdown at dinner about how his teacher gives him dirty looks all day, won’t let the kids use the bathroom, and berates children in the classroom. We’ve already met with the teacher 1:1 and the school administration team. Nothing has improved in the last two weeks. My husband and I are starting to really worry this is creating some mental health issues for our kid.

Any advice? I’m starting to think either I see the continual decline of my kid while the school does nothing or have to transfer to private, homeschool -  all options I really don’t want to have to explore unless given no choice. [/quote]

I’m so sorry for your child and the other kids in that classroom. Does your kid give details about what the teacher does or says that is mean? I believe that she’s not a nice person but you need some specific examples when you go to the principal or beyond. You need a very specific complaint or nothing will be done because the principal can’t change the teacher’s personality. What the principal could do is tell the teacher he/she is not allowed to deny kids going to the bathroom or isn’t allowed to take away recess or isn’t allowed to call kids names or whatever specific thing the teacher is doing wrong. Now obviously the principal won’t be in the classroom watching the teacher all the time to ensure good behavior but it might help the situation if the teacher knows the principal is onto them and giving them specific guidelines to follow. The teacher might be more likely to think 2x before denying a student the bathroom if specifically told not to do this.

However, it may come to you needing to take your kid out. I know that’s not an easy solution at all but I’d try to homeschool (virtual academy) if I were you and could do it logistically (do you and/or your spouse WFH?). I’d rather take the homeschool route for this year than try a private school bc it would likely be an easier transition for your kid to do homeschool than to get used to a whole new school/teacher/classroom at private, especially if you’re planning to try public again next year w a new teacher…that seems like a lot of upheaval. [/quote]

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