I agree you need to go up the chain and follow process. It really honestly is the best way to get things done, even if it takes longer.

You email the first person. No response? Wait a few days, email again. Wait a few days, write the next level up, adding to the thread, and cc:ing back down, re-stating the issue and stating your attempts and non-responses. Yes, it can take a month to reach the highest levels but is very unlikely to get that far if you follow process.

I am in higher ed admin. The thing that happens when people go straight to the top is that the top is annoyed and dismissive and the people who really need to address it spend more time being irritated and talking process and damage control and how irritated they are, that the problem becomes a backseat issue (wrong or right).

I love how absolutely nobody has responded to my posts about why they haven't gone up the chain. Says a lot about you, whiners.

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed you all expect accountability in the public schools! I guess you haven’t been paying attention.

A great example is when we went to an assistant principal about a teacher belittling and shaming kids in front of their peers and making comments about the kids’ physical “attributes”. The teacher was in on the zoom call with the AP, was asked iif she did this, and she admitted that yes, she did this. She is still at the school in the same role.

I guess I, too, had expected more for my children and our tax dolllars.

Why didn't you ask for consequences? Why didn't you go above the AP? Advocate for your children, parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's stupid to go directly to the superintendent. There is a chain of command in schools, try it out.

Teacher - principal - executive principal - assistant superintendent - superintendent. When I contacted Reid, I was directed to the executive principal who got on a call with me and explained the situation, and then later because several others spoke with her too, the Assistant superintendent held a town hall with our community. It works, you just have to know the right way to do it.

Couple years back there was a parent and I kid you not

She would email the superintendent, school board, executive principal, asst superintendent, department chair, all the principals at the school, the counselor, all the teachers (even when the concern was just about one thing in one class)

Lady was straight loony. My child got a 98 but she should’ve gotten a 99. You didn’t give my child a certificate, I don’t like the pdf I want a real one so I know it’s not fake, the copy you gave me is black and white and it needs to be color.

Three kids all great students who were like were really sorry about our mom.

We used to wonder when she would start including the president on her emails 😂

I know of a parent like this from a few years ago. Wonder if it's the same one. LOL! She also used to post her drama on facebook all the time and it was clear she was absolutely insane...full of conspiracy theories about how the schools were out to get her kids.

Assuming it is the same one, she bounced from group to group and also posted here for a while.

I'm just trying to imagine how many emails she gets on a daily basis. I saw someone post on another thread that their principal gets around 200/day.

Anonymous wrote: I am wondering if it common to get zero response. If you repeatedly contacted Dr. Reid respectfully regarding a concern over many months and asked for a response, did she ever get back to you?

If your issue is county wide issue, she should responded, if your concern is classroom issue, or school .. no she won’t respond.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's stupid to go directly to the superintendent. There is a chain of command in schools, try it out.

Teacher - principal - executive principal - assistant superintendent - superintendent. When I contacted Reid, I was directed to the executive principal who got on a call with me and explained the situation, and then later because several others spoke with her too, the Assistant superintendent held a town hall with our community. It works, you just have to know the right way to do it.

Couple years back there was a parent and I kid you not

She would email the superintendent, school board, executive principal, asst superintendent, department chair, all the principals at the school, the counselor, all the teachers (even when the concern was just about one thing in one class)

Lady was straight loony. My child got a 98 but she should’ve gotten a 99. You didn’t give my child a certificate, I don’t like the pdf I want a real one so I know it’s not fake, the copy you gave me is black and white and it needs to be color.

Three kids all great students who were like were really sorry about our mom.

We used to wonder when she would start including the president on her emails 😂

I know of a parent like this from a few years ago. Wonder if it's the same one. LOL! She also used to post her drama on facebook all the time and it was clear she was absolutely insane...full of conspiracy theories about how the schools were out to get her kids.

I am amazed you all expect accountability in the public schools! I guess you haven’t been paying attention.

A great example is when we went to an assistant principal about a teacher belittling and shaming kids in front of their peers and making comments about the kids’ physical “attributes”. The teacher was in on the zoom call with the AP, was asked iif she did this, and she admitted that yes, she did this. She is still at the school in the same role.

I guess I, too, had expected more for my children and our tax dolllars.

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Anonymous wrote: I am wondering if it common to get zero response. If you repeatedly contacted Dr. Reid respectfully regarding a concern over many months and asked for a response, did she ever get back to you?

This is how the principals operate as well....only the easy happy things will get a reply.

True, I sent an email about things a teacher had said and done including singling out kids to embarrass them (not my kid) and had to beg for even an acknowledgement that it was read. Not that I expected them to outright agree with me about how bad the teacher was, but they could have at least said thank you for writing and expressing your concerns.