My kids' school is starting to get on my nerves. First I had an issue with the way a teacher may have disciplined my daughter. I wrote to her and asked her to clarify the situation and tell me her side. She wrote back what I feel was a very defensive letter. I wrote again telling her I agree with what she did except for if she really made a comment that my daughter said she did and I told her I feel my daughter should make it up to her and maybe stay after school to help her with something. There was more than that, but to make a long story short, I never heard back from the teacher. I expected a letter at least.
Next thing is the school had until September 19th to have my daughter's IEP in place. One of the teachers was sick so our meeting isn't until Oct. 1st for it now. That's ILLEGAL! They are wasting time and she's not doing very well in school.
Same daughter..... comes home with a permission slip to be taken out of class for reading help every day. Ok great, I signed it, BUT, she loves to read and is pretty good at it. She has a lot of trouble with math though. Why no help with that?
My son Nathan, he's in Kindergarten. I have health issues and haven't be able to walk to pick him up on Fridays. My husband goes away to work with the car from Thursday afternoon till Sunday morning. He told the school that I can't pick him up and if he could please take the bus home on Fridays. They said no. On the first day of school they said all K kids could ride to school (he walks with his sisters so he doesn't need the bus in the morning), but there would be NO transportation home. Well, every day there are several kids that take the bus home. They all had exceptions made for them, but my son can't ride one day??? They know it means he doesn't go to school on Fridays, but they still say no.
Yesterday my daughter comes home telling me that all I have to do for her to play trumpet is send $6 with a note saying it's ok for her to play and no problem. She knew I couldn't afford it and that's why she couldn't play this year. So, today I sent her to school with a note to the music teacher asking for her to please send me the agreement form and a price list and I would see if her biological father would pay for it because I couldn't afford it. Does she come home with any paper work today? No, she comes home with a trumpet! They let her borrow it for the year. WITHOUT asking me. *I* am the one that will be responsible if something happens to it, how can they let her use it without asking me first? I appreciate the thought, but I still think they should have asked me, AND given her a clean mouth piece.
The other thing about the trumpet that ticks me off is, why is that so important that they would lend her one without my permission, yet it's not important enough for my son to go to school on Fridays so they wouldn't let him ride the bus? I don't get it. Not that I don't think music is important, because I do, and I know she loves it, but I think they have their priorities messed up. Am I out of line there or what?
Next thing is the school had until September 19th to have my daughter's IEP in place. One of the teachers was sick so our meeting isn't until Oct. 1st for it now. That's ILLEGAL! They are wasting time and she's not doing very well in school.
Same daughter..... comes home with a permission slip to be taken out of class for reading help every day. Ok great, I signed it, BUT, she loves to read and is pretty good at it. She has a lot of trouble with math though. Why no help with that?
My son Nathan, he's in Kindergarten. I have health issues and haven't be able to walk to pick him up on Fridays. My husband goes away to work with the car from Thursday afternoon till Sunday morning. He told the school that I can't pick him up and if he could please take the bus home on Fridays. They said no. On the first day of school they said all K kids could ride to school (he walks with his sisters so he doesn't need the bus in the morning), but there would be NO transportation home. Well, every day there are several kids that take the bus home. They all had exceptions made for them, but my son can't ride one day??? They know it means he doesn't go to school on Fridays, but they still say no.
Yesterday my daughter comes home telling me that all I have to do for her to play trumpet is send $6 with a note saying it's ok for her to play and no problem. She knew I couldn't afford it and that's why she couldn't play this year. So, today I sent her to school with a note to the music teacher asking for her to please send me the agreement form and a price list and I would see if her biological father would pay for it because I couldn't afford it. Does she come home with any paper work today? No, she comes home with a trumpet! They let her borrow it for the year. WITHOUT asking me. *I* am the one that will be responsible if something happens to it, how can they let her use it without asking me first? I appreciate the thought, but I still think they should have asked me, AND given her a clean mouth piece.
The other thing about the trumpet that ticks me off is, why is that so important that they would lend her one without my permission, yet it's not important enough for my son to go to school on Fridays so they wouldn't let him ride the bus? I don't get it. Not that I don't think music is important, because I do, and I know she loves it, but I think they have their priorities messed up. Am I out of line there or what?