My 5 yr. old son is in kindergarden this year. His teacher, who I have been having trouble with since the first of year is telling me that if my boys grades don't improve he will fail. now this is pissing me off. She is saying my boy has slow progress and wants to put him in a slow class. he is NOT slow. He has proven to me that he can do everything she says he can't and has shown me he can even do things she isn't teaching in class! What can I do if she fails him? is there a way to over ride the teachers decision? can I make them allow him to go to 1st grade next year? i have been having trouble with this teacher all year and principal won't help.this teacher has even endangered the life of my son and still the principal does nothing! What can be done about her incorrectly grading my son? & keepin her from failing him when there is no just cause for him to fail at all?They refuse to give me a different teacher to! I tried to get a meeting w/the principal but she refuses to set a time.
2007-01-31 15:53:02 · 5 answers · asked by LostInReality 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
well this is the only kindergarden school in my school district. i can't change schools cuz i have no transportation to drive him somewhere else and there is no bus that will come to take him somewhere other than the school in my town. i sent a letter to his teacher saying how he can do what she claims he can't but she is out sick so response yet.can he be but in kindergarden again if i refuse? i think this teacher's husband is part of the school bard as well so not sure how that will help me there. she has even tried to put him on a bus home when she was given a note saying he will be picked up 4 times. once we were unable to stop him from boarding the bus an it left and drove him home where no one was there. still principal did nothing more than "talk to her bout possible endangerment" teach says "i never had a not" such bull i wrote it myself. now she's failing my son when 1st quarter he was passings. now 2nd quarter he's failing?
2007-02-01 12:29:10 · update #1
I had this same exact problem with my oldest daughter. We live in a very small town and her kindergarden teacher was the wife of the superintendent in a neighboring town. I went around and around with her. She to said she was going to keep my daughter back for another year, and then I found out the parents also have a choice. My daughter went on to first grade, against the teachers wishes, and she is doing just fine. Some teachers just find that one child that they want to pick on, and to me teachers like that should not be teaching. If you cant treat them all the same, find something else to do.
2007-02-06 08:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Mary Jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me that the teacher doesn't like and will do anything to keep him back for another year. You can go to the board meetings about this,b ut it might not do any good if the teacher's husband is on the board. Have you tried setting an appointment with the superintendent? If that doesn't do any good then I would go over there heads and go to the board of education in the capital of your state. You can do something about this problem. My little brother had failed 2nd grade and had to repeat the grade and later to find out that my parents could have done something about it. Just keep trying to talk to the teacher and principal, if you don't get any where then go to the superintendent of the school about the situation. I would do the same thing with them sending your son home when there is no one there. They should not do that and if something did happen to your son when they send him home with no one there they can get sued with neglect and child endangerment. Hopefully you will get this situation under control and hopefully you can get your son passed onto the 1st grade.
2007-02-05 14:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if the school board won't do anything then i hate to say it but sit in class with him. there is no law against that and no rule states that either. if they try to say that you can't sit there then tell them it is allowed if one of the parents is sitting with their troublesome kid and she is stating that your son is not " a good kid" so you have every right to. the situation with the bus and all that you might want to contact social services and see what they can do to help. i bet you the reason why he is not doing so good in class is because the teacher probably picks on him, which is horrible. if the principal is avoiding you then just show up one day and state that you are not leaving until you talk to her. unfortunately if none of this works you might have to have him home schooled til first grade. good luck with the wicked witch of the west and let your son know none of this is his fault and reassure him that he is smart and that his teacher is just being mean to him for a reason that is unknown and that it is not his fault.
2007-02-06 06:22:42 · answer #3 · answered by ber-ber21 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
where the hell are you sending your child to school at if they "fail" a child in kindergarten? if i were you id HONESTLY put him in another school you seem to have taken all the steps possible and the school is not working with you or your son..
2007-02-01 10:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by hi_iduntcyber_doyou 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you called the school board...go to the district office and talk with the superintedant and then go to the school board form there.
2007-02-01 00:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by Tawni B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋