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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]'

Some parents emails you 3 times an hour?  They send you 20 emails a day everyday?  And you don't report this to your principal to handle?  Sorry not buying it.  [/quote]

I'm a different poster, but below our principal's pay grade. However, our counselor knows which parents do this and asks that we cc her on our replies. Then the parents flip out and want to know why the counselor has to be involved. Because you emailed me ten times in two days![/quote]

I'm the first poster, and we have a similar strategy. If the child is in special education, the case manager (at least) gets cc'd on any emails. If the child is gen-ed, the counselor or assistant principal gets cc'd, depending on the parent's concerns.

And yes, the parents tend to get upset about that, but it's all about those boundaries again. I want to have a good relationship with the parents of all of my kids, but there has to be a line.[/quote]

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