 | I am a single mom raising a 10 year old son in the 5th grade. Because of overcrowding , he was taken out of his original class and put into a substitute class with 10 new students from another school along with 3 other students from this class, and 4 from another class. Now for a 2 weeks they have had to listen to a substitute teacher, not given any homework, and the assignments they are doing in class were done already in my son's original class. On the 1st day I learned he was to be switched, I went to the school to discuss this with his teacher - she claims he was too talkative/not focusing enough. There were 38 students in this class and he sat by a window! When I asked her to reconsider, she said the decision had already been made, and sure enough, a note was sent home on the same day! I felt this was unfair as I emailed the teacher for any feedback on my childs' progress on the 1st day of school (she got my email 2 weeks after), as I think my son has a learning disability and look for any ideas on how to help him. I called the principal the next day with my concerns - he promised to get back with me and never has. I usually look forward to meeting my son's teacher on "Back to School Nite", however the substitute told his class there would be no need for them to come. They were to receive their 1st progress report last week - and didn't. Since I am a single parent, giving my son stability is very important since his father and I have been apart. He loves this school, and up until the 4th grade has responded well to his teachers. He liked this teacher, but since she chose to send him to another class - he now has mixed feelings about her. I don't want to "demand" that he be put back as I don't want her to harbor any hard feelings toward him. He is happy to be out of the class because he did feel there were too many kids in the class, but I worry now about the 2 weeks+ that he is not being taught out of the books, being behind the other 5th graders, etc. There is 1 other 5th grade teacher by the way, but her class was just as crowded. We live in a big city with too many people, where the school schedules have changed with kids going to school "year round". He begs me not to take him out of this school - he can attend up until the 8th grade - he has formed good friendships here, whereas we live in apartment complex where there are no children. I am at my wits end... |
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