School Policy...*(&^&%!!!!!

[Emzyyy]

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Wow . . . we had that a long time ago. Weird how some things don't change.

I remember just going to sharpen my pencil and switching mine back to green, since the teacher rarely bothered to remember that I'd been a brat. But it was always my own fault . . . nothing Mom did (or failed to do) would earn me a yellow or red.

Exactly. I didn't have to get anything but permission slips to the zoo signed.

 

[Dar]

I get labeled "the bad parent", the neglectful parent all the time because I cant go to the parent teacher interview because that are always at night at like 4PM.

I am busy at work getting residents ready for supper at that time why cant we schedule it during the day at like 830 in the morning before you start class..... o yeah thats right the union wont let you... ok can we do a telephone interview during your recess time...o thats right thats your union mandated "break" ...

so the title can go both ways... most teachers look at me like i have 3 heads when I tell them I cant afford to take the time off work. I cant afford to take a day off work to go to all 3 schools to do interviews...they schedule them for 4pm but you cont get to see teach till 430 cause they are always running behind... If I take the 6 hours off work to go to these meetings i just lost $120, but then because of my contract with my employer, if we are going to be more then 3 hours late for the shift, someone else will have to cover the shift so I loose 2 more hours so total those interviews just cost me $160 ...sorry i cant afford that, THAT is my grocery money DH's hours have been cut back due to the auto ind.

so just cause some parents cant fulfill every expectation that the teacher has does not make them a bad parent

depending on DH's contract that week he may have just worked a 12 or a 16 hour day and I work evenings, when I get in from work at 11 signing a test is not #1 on my list and DH's had to get the kids ready for bed, lunches made, dinner ect...he does not have time either... some teachers need to learn that we all cant have 9 -5 monday - friday jobs (I know those are not teachers hours it is an example of the leave it to beaver stereo type)

 

[redhen]

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Very true. In todays world, alot of parents have to work the night shift. THey shouldnt judge you for that.

 

[Camelot Farms]

I dont think that there is a perfect solution for any of the things that we have dialogued about in this thread. But, if as a result, we are empowered enough to bring about change and help others see the 'flip side' of things, then I am happy

In the words of Gandhi...

"We must be the change that we wish to see in the world"

 

[Dar]

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flexibility is the perfect solution but thats a word that few seem to understand these days

to many with the "my way or the highway" tude

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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No Child Left Behind...

 

[sparkles2307]

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No Child Left Behind...

Due to that stupid "no child left behind" we had to spend MORE days in school each year to get that testing crap done. And due to a clerical error I was a Junior twice (I went into high school from being homeschooled so they were confused about what grade to put me in) and had to do that testing 2 years in a row. I argued that I had done it last year but they made me do it again, I have harsh feelings about that. I like taking tests, but not the SAME one I took last year, thats just boring.

 

[calicokat]

My son's first grade year he went to private school for the first semester. I had a new baby, plus a 3 year old. The school bus didn't go there, so I had to drive. Getting us all up, dressed and out the door was like an Olympic event. He was tardy a couple times each week. However, his teacher counted him as tardy if he was closing the classroom door after walking in and the bell started to ring! I mean, if his tushie wasn't planted in the seat, it was tardy. So when I say he was tardy a few times a week, I'm not saying we got there after school started 20 minutes ago - I mean he was still walking to his seat or hanging up his backpack in the classroom as the bell rang. The harder we tried the worse we did, it was like Murphy's law was out to kill us! A few red lights, or a sudden poopy diaper that needed changed before we could leave and there we were tardy again! I was certainly labled a neglectful, loser parent by that teacher.

Then we switched to the nearby public school. The bus was a wonderful thing! After two months we missed the bus and he was a little late to class. I talked with him the whole way there, "Be sure to tell your teacher that Mom didn't set the alarm right, we're sorry, etc." When he came home I asked how it went with being tardy. He said he told the teacher what happened and said mom was sorry. And then he looks at me and says, "You know what mom? The teacher just said 'well sometimes that happens, it's ok!'"

It was in that moment that I realized how unbelievable the first teacher had been. She had us nearly traumatized over being seconds late. It was nice to find someone who had it in the proper perspective

 

[NoelTate]

You can thank No Child Left Behind and all the high stakes testing for extreme rules. The last school where I taught did not even let students OR teachers talk to each other during lunch. Teachers had to sit with students and keep students silent during lunch. They had to be silent in the hallways between classes. It was nuts. I moved to a high school that was much more laid back and much better due to the principal not buying into a lot of what the central offices tried to force on him (in their opinion, to improve learning and test scores). Unfortunately, he is gone, so the new guy, of course, gives in to what the central offices tell him to do. Just hope it never gets that extreme at this school. I love it and hope to continue to!

 

[warmfuzzies]

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In an instance like that, I do believe the schools would know who has custody. You have to fill out forms with the schools stating as such, and I do believe the teachers would know not to release the child to the non-custodial parent.

She's saying she's not allowed to the classroom even AFTER she checks in with the office. I'd have a big problem with that, too. Afterall, even though they are with the teacher, a parent is still the parent, and a teacher should never be allowed to usurp a parent's authority where their child is involved.

Exactly

I an SO not gonna be appreciated if our kids go to public school. You would have to restrain me with physical force to keep me from seeing my kids if I needed to. I can see signing in at the office, but come on. I WILL go into there and see that room, I WILL talk to them if I need to.

Wow.