Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I got my daughter's teacher assignment today. It was the LAST one she or I wanted. I immediately emailed the principal and she gave me this sassy, fluffy answer about how she and the special ed teachers sat down and grouped the students according to their needs with the teacher. Went on to say how they did this to ensure " superior service " . One of the teachers (and one that my daughter wanted), has a Master's degree in special ed K-12. She is NOT the one we got. (The principal said she already had 5 special ed students in her room of 25. The teacher that was chosen for my daughter has a bad reputation for being strict, impatient and loud. I don't question her teaching skills. I totally believe she is a good teacher as I've never heard anything bad about that. (Oh, and she LOVES to give LOTS of homework). My daughter suffers GREATLY from OCD and one of her MAJOR stressors is school. We had our monthly meeting with the psych and she said how most of her clients's OCD had increased greatly since they didn't have school, and thus the structure. I told her that 's anxiety had DECREASED greatly since being out of school. Both she and 's therapist agreed that school created a large amount of 's OCD and fueled the anxiety. The principal said that she could NOT switch my daughter's teacher at this time. But is already upset over the whole thing and I know her anxiety is going to keep building until the first day of school and she will fear going each day because of the teacher. If one thing makes her upset, she is going to build on her anxiety. I did have to go over the principal's head last year and we wonder if this is her way of getting back at me. But, the thing is, that I am desperately trying to help 's year be successful and less stress on her, and they are NOT willing to change to help her. Should I press the issue or let it go and have them deal with the stress of her not wanting to go to school. I'm sure they will blame ME for putting the anxiety there for her. I need some help. Thanks, Melinda Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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