Advice on teachers for next year

[niccig]

DS got a teacher I was OK with, but not thrilled with other classmates. I felt we got shafted because DS's other friend had such issues with some of these boys and in the last month of school had issues with DS over who DS was playing with. So they separated them and DS's friend got the 1/2 class/teacher we wanted. His mother also makes more noise than I do at school about teachers/class placement. Fine, we dealt with it, and this year has turned out better than I expected.

The class is a 1/2 and normally DS will move into 2 with same teacher. The school is changing up the teachers. Our class teacher will be the same, but the other 1/2 teachers are changing. The mother of DS's friend is very upset at the changes and is going to request (read make a big deal about it) that her son be moved into DS's class - to do this, they may need to even out the boys, and as one of the easygoing kids, I'm worried that again DS will be moved. Some of the issues between the boys are who plays with my DS. DS's friend gets very upset is someone else plays with DS, so having the 2 in the same class could be problematic.

I want to say something to DS's teacher and the principal along the lines of DS has had a great year, made great progress with his teacher, especially with reading, and we want to stay with her again. I don't want DS to be swapped to the other class.

WWYD

[cuca_]

I would say exactly that. Go in and tell them that you know that there are going some changes in next year class both teacher and otherwise, and that you hope that DS stays with his current teacher. I would highlight the great progress that DS has made and explain that continuing with the same teacher would be beneficial. You could even go as far as say that you have heard that other parents from the other class are going to request DS's current teacher, and that you want to make sure that DS is not moved to accommodate those requests.

[Tondi G]

I would say exactly that. Go in and tell them that you know that there are going some changes in next year class both teacher and otherwise, and that you hope that DS stays with his current teacher. I would highlight the great progress that DS has made and explain that continuing with the same teacher would be beneficial. You could even go as far as say that you have heard that other parents from the other class are going to request DS's current teacher, and that you want to make sure that DS is not moved to accommodate those requests.

I agree with this! Tell them you are happy with the current situation and be honest with the whole dynamic between your DS and this other boy.... that it causes issues because the other boy gets jealous of your DS playing with other kids. Hope the principal is the kind who listens and is helpful!