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[quote=Anonymous]Is the classroom teacher or other school employee present for “gym class”? This setup seems wildly inappropriate, even for a small private school. Kids left alone with an unsupervised volunteer? If the teacher is present, I’d take this issue up with him or her.

I really would not trust a random mom’s assessment of my child’s behavior in general. PE teachers have appropriate training in child development, classroom management etc and this person presumably does not. That doesn’t mean I don’t believe the behavior isn’t problematic, it likely is. But possibly not in the way a random parent may think.

I would not talk to admin or “tattle” as in a small private school this will likely cause more social problems than it would be worth.

I’d continue to work closely with the classroom teacher on assessing his behavior etc. and let the gym class stuff go. I’d be tempted to just pick him up early as he likely isn’t getting anything out of it anyway. That time of the day will also usually be the worst for him behaviorally.

I’d also put him in a rec sport or two of some sort and see how he does (if his behavior is problematic you can always remove him) ….those will likely be at times where you can get a better read on his behavior/skills. [/quote]

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