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Question

please no rude comments from teachers i know you have a hard job... i havent been a teacher but i have worked with large groups of children.
yesterday my daughter was forgotten on the playground. she is very soft spoken and doesnt get in trobule. i asked her how long she was out there she told me twenty minutes i asked her how does she know and she told me what work the class had already done. should i complain about this? me and her teacher have had a round this year because of the way she talks to children. i got her in trobule for the way she graded and the board of education said we will have another teacher test her she has made A's every since,
my question is should i show concern for her being forgotten on the playground she came home sick and throwing up

Answer 1

I would certainly share my concerns. It is irresponsible for a teacher to leave a child behind. The teacher has a responsibility to provide supervision and account for each and every child every minute of the school day. I would speak to the teacher, but also make certain the principal is aware as well. The teacher needs to understand this is a serious issue. What if they had been on a field trip? You may want to find out who was responsible for supervising the children as well. At some schools, the teacher isn't the person who brings the children in and out to the playground - it may be an aide. If there is another adult involved, he or she should be aware of the situation as well. However, the teacher should've noticed your daughter wasn't in class when the others returned, and followed up immediately.

Answer 2

Ok! I am a teacher and this shouldn't have happened to your daughter. Sometimes when my students return from recessI am "missing" one or two. I get on the intercom to the office and confirm that they are in the office of at the nurse's office before I begin class. You should talk to the teacher first though. It could be a very big miscommunication between you, your daughter, and the teacher. Maybe she sent someone outside to look for her and she was hiding because she didn't want to get in trouble. I seriously doubt that the teacher could have overlooked your child missing from the classroom but, it's her actions to rectify the situation that should be your biggest concern. Did she take action? If she didn't , why? What did she do to locate your child? These are the reasonable questions that you need to ask her first or at least inquiry a meeting with the teacher and have a second party mediator such as the counselor or even the principal because she should be doing her job and your daughter is her responsibility!! No excuses for that but, going over her head and straight to the principal may cause more of a conflict between you and the teacher considering the previous problems. Definitely address the situation though! If she's doing her job she would want you to come to her with problems and concerns and have open communication with her parents.

Answer 3

ABSOLUTELY! It is the school's responsibility to keep the children safe while they are there. I too have had to talk to my sons' teachers about things that have happened. They have always been very cooperative. However, being left alone for 20 mins is a big deal. Why did the teacher NOT realize she was missing a student for 20 mins after class had resumed? I would not go to the teacher in this case. I would go directly to the principal, of course in a calm manner and stress the importance of keeping your daughter safe and the lack of the teacher's ability to notice that a student is missing from her class. There is no reason for that.

Answer 4

Try setting aside the grading issues and focus on the playground incident. Who is in charge of getting the children indoors? Is it teachers? Perhaps parent volunteers? Phone the school and ask the principal who was in charge for playground duty. Let the principal know what happened, and that such negligence is intolerable. It is obviously frightening for the child - and any decent principal will apologize and try to make things better in the future.

Answer 5

I was just wondering why your daughter did not leave the playground when the rest of her class returned to class? Was she momentarily distracted ?I'm sure it was a little stressful for her but did she say why it took her 20 minutes to return to her class? Estimating time is difficult for adults so it is even more difficult for a child. Try to accurately count off 60 seconds and see how accurate you are.Perhaps in the confusion she was incorrect about the time. Perhaps she was afraid she would be in trouble. I would try to not be confrontational , it just seems like something is missing here. I know of a child who stayed on the playground when his class had returned to class. His reason.....the teacher didn't tell him (individually) to return to class. In this day safety is in every parent's mind but try to keep lines of communication open with the teacher and administration.

Answer 6

by all means you should say something in this day and time even at school children need to be watched with all the child predators running around anything could have happened. and your child was scared as well i would talk to the principal asap and explain what happened this is neglect and irresponsibilty on the teachers part if you don't get any satisfaction from the prinicpal i would go to the school board not only are you protecting your child but it might happen again to another and things could happen.

Answer 7

Of course this needs to be addressed. I would not have made it out of the school if someone left my child outside by herself. No rude comments should be made by any teacher on here... it was wrong. I would think that they would at least take a quick inventory of the room, doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that there is a desk empty. Twenty minutes, she could have been kidnapped, raped, and killed. That to me is just unacceptable. Sounds like you have a winner for a teacher- at least the school year is almost over.

Answer 8

I would go to the principal, the superintendent.....if nothing gets done there, contact local city council.

If the teacher has already had problems with you this year and now forgets your child on the playground....it looks real suspicious.

I would just keep climbing the chain of command until someone does something that meets your satisfaction!

Answer 9

I am a teacher asst. and YES you should report this to the principal at her school!! Anything could have happened to her and the school would be responsible! However, make sure you have all of your facts before the meeting. Where was your daughter when the class came in? Who found her? Nothing is too trivial. Be calm but informative. Any good principle would be angry if she/he was NOT told. Good luck.

Answer 10

Absolutely! It is part of the teacher's job to make sure that all of the children make it back inside from the playground! There is no excuse for this! You have every right to be upset. Apparently someone is not doing their job properly and something needs to be done about it.