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Just the "wtf" rant of the week...
Noticed that a note I wrote for teacher last week, was entirely scratched out with pen. For context, it's a booklet that the parents use, to track "reading progression" of the child. ex. Parent writes down date, book, and ticks off where they think child was struggling with home reading, additional comment, etc. Booklet for parent input, not a booklet that child completes.
From the blurb the teacher writes in the front, it comes home everyday, for parent input/check. I have only seen it 5 times since New Year (only twice last month), so far. Whatever. As long as it's getting done...oh wait, it's not. Booklet clearly shows it's hardly getting done.
(seperate past emails to Mom, asking for homework/reading to consistently be forwarded with D6, continue to be ignored. Continues to be an issue).
D6 is struggling at school - latest report card (came home last week, I had to go to school to get my own copy), shows this, and indicates that D6 is having issues with reading compared to her peers (among some other things). Notes on report card, about work not being completed. I am totally capable of assisting D6 with work sent home. Mom plays gatekeeper with it.
My note in booklet, was:
"Mrs. <teacher name>, is D6 consistently bringing her home-reading home with her? I'm concerned that I've only seen it a few times this term."
Of course, booklet came with D6 lastnight. We did her home reading. Upon my doing the "booklet", that's when I noticed other parent scratched out my comments entirely. Like, meticulously. Think, spirograph. Teacher likely didn't see it then.
Lastnight's comment from me:
"Mrs. <teachername>. D6 struggled with this current level of book tonight. I will call you as I suspect you didn't get my last note."
Upon dropping D6 back off to her Mom's this morning, about a minute after I drove away, she was calling my cell phone. I usually let it go to voicemail, but answered this time, as D6 does sometimes forgets mitts or hat, in my vehicle. Could be that? Nope. Mom ranting on phone as soon as I said "hello", about "yes, you will have to call...because I'll keep scratching out whatever comments you write in there dad2bandm..." I just hung up.
It's flippin' tiring.
Emails to Mom, asking about discussing D6's report card, and what we're going to do, to help improve her grades, have been ignored. When brought up in person, she tells me it's not her responsibility to communicate with me, or bother checking for emails.
I'm going to call the teacher, and ask her same, but is there something the school can assist with (counsellor/social worker? (maybe not right terminology there), for this?
It's complete BS that one parent keeps playing gatekeeper with work, and stupid things like child's school planner, still. I've already done the "get my own little work booklets to work with D6 on", but that's not what the teacher looks for, to be done, or to come back completed.
Noticed that a note I wrote for teacher last week, was entirely scratched out with pen. For context, it's a booklet that the parents use, to track "reading progression" of the child. ex. Parent writes down date, book, and ticks off where they think child was struggling with home reading, additional comment, etc. Booklet for parent input, not a booklet that child completes.
From the blurb the teacher writes in the front, it comes home everyday, for parent input/check. I have only seen it 5 times since New Year (only twice last month), so far. Whatever. As long as it's getting done...oh wait, it's not. Booklet clearly shows it's hardly getting done.
(seperate past emails to Mom, asking for homework/reading to consistently be forwarded with D6, continue to be ignored. Continues to be an issue).
D6 is struggling at school - latest report card (came home last week, I had to go to school to get my own copy), shows this, and indicates that D6 is having issues with reading compared to her peers (among some other things). Notes on report card, about work not being completed. I am totally capable of assisting D6 with work sent home. Mom plays gatekeeper with it.
My note in booklet, was:
"Mrs. <teacher name>, is D6 consistently bringing her home-reading home with her? I'm concerned that I've only seen it a few times this term."
Of course, booklet came with D6 lastnight. We did her home reading. Upon my doing the "booklet", that's when I noticed other parent scratched out my comments entirely. Like, meticulously. Think, spirograph. Teacher likely didn't see it then.
Lastnight's comment from me:
"Mrs. <teachername>. D6 struggled with this current level of book tonight. I will call you as I suspect you didn't get my last note."
Upon dropping D6 back off to her Mom's this morning, about a minute after I drove away, she was calling my cell phone. I usually let it go to voicemail, but answered this time, as D6 does sometimes forgets mitts or hat, in my vehicle. Could be that? Nope. Mom ranting on phone as soon as I said "hello", about "yes, you will have to call...because I'll keep scratching out whatever comments you write in there dad2bandm..." I just hung up.
It's flippin' tiring.
Emails to Mom, asking about discussing D6's report card, and what we're going to do, to help improve her grades, have been ignored. When brought up in person, she tells me it's not her responsibility to communicate with me, or bother checking for emails.
I'm going to call the teacher, and ask her same, but is there something the school can assist with (counsellor/social worker? (maybe not right terminology there), for this?
It's complete BS that one parent keeps playing gatekeeper with work, and stupid things like child's school planner, still. I've already done the "get my own little work booklets to work with D6 on", but that's not what the teacher looks for, to be done, or to come back completed.
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