End of school
Filed in archive Education by Michelle Donahue Hillison on June 13, 2008
It has been a pretty good year at school but there has been some conflict. My child definitely plays a role in the issues going on but her actions are more of reactions. I'm not absolving my child of her role and she'll pay a price for that.
However there were two incidents where another child physically caused her injury while upset with her. Neither injury was dangerous but one could have been if it was a half an inch higher. But both were enough to have had to go to the office and the school had to send home physical injury notes to us as well as the parents of the other child were informed of her actions.
Then there was a third and most serious situation where same child did something else serious enough to get the school's administrative staff involved in. When I called vice principal to talk, she didn't know about the previous physical incidents when the third situation happened despite the administrative intern supposedly documenting it all. She said she was shocked she didn't know about the other two and that communication would be addressed. I was also very insistent that the child's parents be informed again about what was going on so her parents can go over the situation with her.
I was waiting for a follow up from the school about it but nothing had yet. School is ending soon and it was end of grade testing so I knew everyone had to be swamped so I was patient.
Then there was another incident yesterday that got all this rolling again. The same other child started it and my child finished it. I'm not happy about her role at all but my child being the only one who gets in trouble isn't right either.
But this really isn't about what happened - it wouldn't be possible to do that without listing details that just aren't relevant for anyone but us. My issue is how the school is handling things.
I called the school for to talk about things. Yesterday when I called, the teacher hadn't been informed of the third most serious incident. This teacher has both of the children in her class and a major incident isn't even communicated to her? That then confirmed to me that too that the parents haven't been informed about that third incident.
I love this school. This teacher has been very kind, the administrative and support staff just lovely. All that said, how are incidents not documented in a way that everyone knows what is going on? I've raised my stink and have asked again for everyone to inform everyone what is going on. I don't think that is too much to ask.
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