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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get it.  overall i'm fine with our Title I and enjoy doing the work, but DD witnessed a parent hitting her child inside the school and it triggered a lot of separation anxiety.  I tried to get the social worker to intervene but she said it wasn't at the actionable level beyond trying to talk with the parent.[/quote]

As traumatizing as that may be, your DD is probably going to witness such terrible things somewhere. My DS has not witnessed this at his school, but he has around town. Recently, he stopped and gaped at the scene and asked me what the little boy did. I think it's better to talk about these things with your children rather than shield them from it. [/quote]

NP - it's different for your DC to witness something "around town" than at the place he spends each day. School shouldn't be a scary place.[/quote]

Exactly.  It is a totally different thing to leave a child in a place where adults hit kids and nobody does anything about it.  DD had just turned 3 and it was really a lot for her to handle, especially in the first month of preschool.  So far it hasn't happened again.  But it really is different than just seeing it out in public.  She is still afraid of that parent when we see her.[/quote]

I'd expect a teacher to understand that and have a conversation with my kid in that situation so that she can process her feelings and understand how to approach it.  There are counselors too.  I'd also be concerned about what the teachers and counselors can do for the kid who is being abused.[/quote]

Well sure.  But the point is, it sucked in a lot of ways and made me late to work all week, and that kind of thing is just another burden that kids and parents at high poverty school have to bear.  I am willing to do the Title 1 thing, pay for stuff, do tons of work, all that, but don't tell me it doesn't come with real and serious drawbacks.[/quote]

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