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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 206701" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Marg - you are right on. When I spoke with the director, she acknowledged this was a problem. The director said that she is getting pressure from the board to do something about this teacher and I am far from the first parent to complain. The school recently purchased and moved into a larger building, so they have gone from a small school with a waiting list to recruiting students, now, and because of this teacher, have actually lost enrollments. I guess I feel that something will be done about her and am willing to give a little time to allow that to happen - with a safety net in place, of course, to keep difficult child from being her target in the meantime. </p><p> </p><p>I may rewrite some of the concerns expressed in this post by others to take with me when I meet with the director again. I'm pushing to make this meeting happen quickly, and am going to ask that neither this teacher nor her daughter be allowed to "punish" difficult child - if he needs something, to allow one of the other aides to step in and handle it, and at any point if any "timeout" lasts for more than 7 or 8 minutes, someone else to step in (even if that means to call me), because obviously the time-out isn't working.</p><p> </p><p>My gut tells me this will work out, but still, I am half-prepared to be told to pull him out of school there. If that happens, we'll deal with it.</p><p> </p><p>When I dropped him off this morning, his teacher's car wasn't there. I called as soon as I got to work and asked if she was coming in - they said she's on her way. Otherwise, I was going back to pull him out for the day. Make up some excuse that I was allowed to work from home today or something....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 206701, member: 1848"] Marg - you are right on. When I spoke with the director, she acknowledged this was a problem. The director said that she is getting pressure from the board to do something about this teacher and I am far from the first parent to complain. The school recently purchased and moved into a larger building, so they have gone from a small school with a waiting list to recruiting students, now, and because of this teacher, have actually lost enrollments. I guess I feel that something will be done about her and am willing to give a little time to allow that to happen - with a safety net in place, of course, to keep difficult child from being her target in the meantime. I may rewrite some of the concerns expressed in this post by others to take with me when I meet with the director again. I'm pushing to make this meeting happen quickly, and am going to ask that neither this teacher nor her daughter be allowed to "punish" difficult child - if he needs something, to allow one of the other aides to step in and handle it, and at any point if any "timeout" lasts for more than 7 or 8 minutes, someone else to step in (even if that means to call me), because obviously the time-out isn't working. My gut tells me this will work out, but still, I am half-prepared to be told to pull him out of school there. If that happens, we'll deal with it. When I dropped him off this morning, his teacher's car wasn't there. I called as soon as I got to work and asked if she was coming in - they said she's on her way. Otherwise, I was going back to pull him out for the day. Make up some excuse that I was allowed to work from home today or something.... [/QUOTE]
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