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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. I was up at 8am checking, sending, and responding to emails. I have no problem with parents emailing me a question, in fact I love when they do! However, I also sometimes need to wait for a response from a supervisor or feel that a phone call would be better to answer their questions, and I don't call parents from my home number. In that case I generally let them know unless I can call them within the next few hours at work.

The parents I don't respond to at night are the ones that email me 3 times a day, or even 3 times an hour. Those are the ones I work hard to set boundaries with and will respond to once a day. Otherwise their family starts to take over my life and that's not fair to anyone.[/quote]

I am a parent and I am appalled by other parents who harass their kids teachers with a flurry of emails. Its counter-productive. Honestly I would be happy for there to be guidelines about how often you should, or should not contact our children's teachers. [/quote]

I completely agree guidelines would be a good idea, for all sides. I completely understand some parents can be horribly inconsiderate about a teacher's time, but as a parent who does not e-mail often (5-6 times max since August), it annoys me when a teacher doesn't reply within a reasonable time frame (1-2 days) when the issue is a time-sensitive one.  [/quote]

At my school, teachers are asked to reply withing 48 hours of an email, except during holidays or special circumstances.[/quote]

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