What would you do if your DC had a teacher like this?

[KpbS]

If I was your friend, I would do everything possible to move my kid to a new school—-maybe magnet, charter, private, etc or homeschool him. I would very clearly outline all my objections in a letter to the administration and the district, including citing evidence of the AAP and child development specialists of why this “style” of teaching is so detrimental and unacceptable.

And I would do it tomorrow.

[PZMommy]

Older teacher, recently divorced and recently enrolled in a masters program. This was all laid out at back to school.

Wow! Usually the older teachers tend to not use as much technology. I thought you were going to say she was young and right out of college.

[bisous]

My friend pulled her son. She put his name in for the lottery at our charter but for now she’s homeschooling! I told my other friend about the doctors note idea which I think is pretty brilliant.

[Melaine]

My friend pulled her son. She put his name in for the lottery at our charter but for now she’s homeschooling! I told my other friend about the doctors note idea which I think is pretty brilliant.

I'm glad but I hope she continues to advocate for the other children. I am just gobsmacked that this could actually be happening with the knowlege of the principal!

[mom2binsd]

I really think she should talk to the school district/media, this is so wrong, and there are probably kids in the class who don't have any idea what is going on in that school, the principal is not doing her/his job.

[bisous]

I know you guys. I wish I was a parent at the school so my input would mean something. I want to go in there guns blazing (figuratively!) and organize a walk out of all the kids but so many parents are afraid to advocate for their kids or they are overwhelmed and they can’t. I have lunch with a 3rd friend tomorrow from that school who was PTA president last year. I’m going to get her take on it.

[gymnbomb]

If I was your friend, I would do everything possible to move my kid to a new school—-maybe magnet, charter, private, etc or homeschool him. I would very clearly outline all my objections in a letter to the administration and the district, including citing evidence of the AAP and child development specialists of why this “style” of teaching is so detrimental and unacceptable.

And I would do it tomorrow.

I completely agree that I would too, but this bothers me so much because soooo many parents don’t have those options! There is zero chance we could pull a kid and home school. It is just so far outside the realm of possibility. There are no other public options here. There are a few charter schools, but most are far away and all have HUGE waiting lists. Private school is $$$$$ to the point where if we could find a spot, and that would be a big if, we could swing a year for an emergency situation like this, but really not more than that unless we asked our parents for help (which they would give instantly in a case like this).

It makes me so sad that we are solidly middle class (very low 6 figures household income in moderate cost of living area) and would have almost no options in this situation.


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[bisous]

I’m wondering how she could be following the district approved curriculum. Wouldn’t that necessitate cracking open an actual book?

I’m wondering if that could be a way to require change?

[DualvansMommy]

I completely agree that I would too, but this bothers me so much because soooo many parents don’t have those options! There is zero chance we could pull a kid and home school. It is just so far outside the realm of possibility. There are no other public options here. There are a few charter schools, but most are far away and all have HUGE waiting lists. Private school is $$$$$ to the point where if we could find a spot, and that would be a big if, we could swing a year for an emergency situation like this, but really not more than that unless we asked our parents for help (which they would give instantly in a case like this).

It makes me so sad that we are solidly middle class (very low 6 figures household income in moderate cost of living area) and would have almost no options in this situation.


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ITA! We’re strictly zoned to our district schools, so if you wanted to change schools it’s actually isn’t as easy to do so. Real options is going private whether by way of religious schools, often with its own real set of issues or non secular private schools. Then there’s charter options, but for those who really live in suburbs, it isn’t a real option as nearest one is often so far away. But having that said, I really do wonder about PTO/PTA as our committee here is quite strong and very involved, so if we had a teacher like that, more would be taking notice! I think it’s due to the fact our district is so small, that complaints get taken seriously.


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[PZMommy]

I’m wondering how she could be following the district approved curriculum. Wouldn’t that necessitate cracking open an actual book?

I’m wondering if that could be a way to require change?

The district approved curriculum is a tool that we can use, but we do not have to use it. As long as we are teaching the standards, we are free to use whatever we want. Most teachers use parts of the curriculum and then supplement with other things. Last year I used a reading curriculum that I purchased with my own money. My kids’ scores went through the roof, and I had the highest scores in the grade level. This year another teacher at that school started using it. The year before that, my 4th grade level team ditched the district reading program and we did core lit and other things we pieced together from TPT. Our fourth grade scores saved the school from being put on a watch list. Our district reading program is awful, and most teachers are ditching it in favor of other options that we can pull together on our own. Plus more and more districts are no longer buying the textbooks and workbooks, and are requiring students to either use the online components, or for teachers to print out and make copies. Every school I’ve worked at limits how many copies a teacher can make per month, so you can’t print out everything.