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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. Honestly, I’d move my kid to Catholic school. I know you said you can’t afford it but I’d find a way. I moved my kid to Catholic school for other reasons but if a single parent teacher can find a way, so can you.

It is very difficult to get an aide for students like this. The documentation process takes forever in public school. The fastest I’ve ever seen a child get an aide at my school was nearly two years. First, you have to document all of the behaviors and then have an initial meeting. Then you have to order a functional behavioral assessment. Then you meet again to possibly develop a behavioral intervention plan. By then, the school year is over and start again the following year to work on getting a one-on-one. [/quote]

I know a public school teacher that has her kids in Catholic school. I have specifically asked that my children not be placed in her class. I won't allow my children to be taught by such a hypocrite. That and she lives in our neighborhood and is just a nasty person.[/quote]

This is hilarious. Public school teachers who pay for Catholic school aren't hypocrites, they are realists. They realize they want something different for their kids. They also can easily figure out what is going on behind the scenes so can base their decision having more information. They realize things like:

1. Neighborhood elementary school gets a new principal and over the course of two years the really good teachers your older child had or that neighbors raved about leave to teach at different schools. You go to the office and you can sense the moral is awful.

2. The cohort of kids one of your kids in has ratios that are way off. Maybe you have a boy and for some reason that year over 65% of the class are boys who are really active and not great listeners and your kid likes to join in. The teachers are already talking about the challenging cohort and feeling bad for the first grade teachers.

3. You have several children who are out of control and classrooms are having to be evacuated on a regular basis.

4. New curriculum is adopted that you realize is going to be awful for your child like Lucy Caulkins and instead you want phonics and spelling tests.

None of these things can really be changed. So your kid is going to suffer for years or you pull the plug and switch to a private school you can afford which tends to be a private Catholic or Christian School. [/quote]

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