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I'm a bit upset at this issue, and no matter how many times I call the school, not much is being accomplished to resolve my issue, and there seems to be a total lack of communication on the schools part.
We just moved to a new state. My kids are both in high school. There is block scheduling. They've been in this new school since the middle/end of January. My daughter was totally confused with her 3rd period class (there are 4 periods). She has health or gym during this period. She was going to health class when she was supposed to be in gym class, and going to gym class when she was supposed to be in health class.
My problem is the teachers/school never notified me that she was absent during this period. I like to build a strong line of communication with the teachers. I email them first, and provide them with all of my contact numbers and email address. A few weeks ago, I finally got a response from her health teacher telling me that my daughter hasn't been in her classroom for a long period of time. After calling the school and arranging a meeting, i found out that she was getting her classes confused.
Why didn't someone notify me? Where they going to wait until the marking period was over with and let me know, hence having her fail?
I made it strongly clear that I wanted a phone call or email the same day there was a problem. After months, I still have not gotten a reply from the gym teacher.
They ended up switching her classes, and again, got her 3rd period classes confused. I wouldn't haven know if she didn't tell me a week later. I also was not notified that her classes were changed.
I was told today that she is averaging a 50% in her Health class because of these issues, which I don't believe is fair. She is an honor student, and I don't believe she should be penalized for this.
Am I wrong for feeling this way? I don't want her to fail, and the communication seems so hard. It just seems that many high school teachers have given up on these kids. Don't get me wrong, some are excellent, but i feel like I'm playing a game of cat and mouse.
I asked the guidance counselor to set up a meeting so I can, again, get things clear.
That is a tough situation. I can't believe that it took so long for them to sort it out. Didn't the teachers realize that she wasn't on their roster? How old is your daughter?
That is a tough situation. I can't believe that it took so long for them to sort it out. Didn't the teachers realize that she wasn't on their roster? How old is your daughter?
She's 14 and a high school freshman. I'm just beside myself. I attended the school PTO meeting last night and brought this issue up to the Principal. He asked me to call him today, which I did. I have not gotten a response back. Not only did I call him, but I emailed him as well.
I might add that I joined the PTO as soon as the kids started going to school there.
She's 14 and a high school freshman. I'm just beside myself. I attended the school PTO meeting last night and brought this issue up to the Principal. He asked me to call him today, which I did. I have not gotten a response back. Not only did I call him, but I emailed him as well.
I might add that I joined the PTO as soon as the kids started going to school there.
Wow. I think that this situation is just crazy. You have the right to be mad. I hope everything gets sorted out.
I can tell you first that it's ALWAYS better to show up at the school for issues and/or problems.
I don't know why/how a student would attend the "wrong" classes, especially for any length of time.
Your daughter should have a schedule with classes and room numbers and should know where she's going and what she's doing.
IN ADDITION, whatever classes your daughter has been attending, she should be on a class Attendance Roster. If a student shows up who isn't on the roster, the teacher needs to check to see why or at the very least add the student onto the Attendance Roster.
And who are the teachers who've not seen her in class and haven't taken any action?
Either way, if she's been attending classes then there are teachers who can vouch for her and say, "Yes, she's been in my class."...and they should know every day, every date she's been there.
ALSO, whatever classes she's been attending, she should have classwork, homework, notes in her notebook all dated hopefully.
You need to GO TO that school, make sure you're daughter IS attending her classes and make sure that she's given credit for doing so if she has been.
I can tell you first that it's ALWAYS better to show up at the school for issues and/or problems.
I don't know why/how a student would attend the "wrong" classes, especially for any length of time.
Your daughter should have a schedule with classes and room numbers and should know where she's going and what she's doing.
IN ADDITION, whatever classes your daughter has been attending, she should be on a class Attendance Roster. If a student shows up who isn't on the roster, the teacher needs to check to see why or at the very least add the student onto the Attendance Roster.
And who are the teachers who've not seen her in class and haven't taken any action?
Either way, if she's been attending classes then there are teachers who can vouch for her and say, "Yes, she's been in my class."...and they should know every day, every date she's been there.
ALSO, whatever classes she's been attending, she should have classwork, homework, notes in her notebook all dated hopefully.
You need to GO TO that school, make sure you're daughter IS attending her classes and make sure that she's given credit for doing so if she has been.
Maybe I should leave early tomorrow and personally go to the school.
My thing is I'm recently divorced and work full time. it's hard to balance everything.
IMO it also wouldn't hurt to take a few minutes of your time after the meeting is over to write yourself some notes, who said what, and what action is going to be taken to resolve the issue. CYA, just in case there are issues again later on down the line. Maybe even e-mail the principal asking him/her to 'confirm your understanding' of the way they are going to handle the matter.
...there seems to be a total lack of communication on the schools part.
It's a high school. Communication is different at high schools. They tend to leave a lot up to the kids to find out what they're doing.
[quote]They've been in this new school since the middle/end of January. My daughter was totally confused with her 3rd period class (there are 4 periods). ..... She was going to health class when she was supposed to be in gym class, and going to gym class when she was supposed to be in health class.
My problem is the teachers/school never notified me that she was absent during this period. I like to build a strong line of communication with the teachers. I email them first, and provide them with all of my contact numbers and email address. A few weeks ago, I finally got a response from her health teacher telling me that my daughter hasn't been in her classroom for a long period of time. After calling the school and arranging a meeting, i found out that she was getting her classes confused.
Why didn't someone notify me? Where they going to wait until the marking period was over with and let me know, hence having her fail?
I made it strongly clear that I wanted a phone call or email the same day there was a problem. After months, I still have not gotten a reply from the gym teacher.
They ended up switching her classes, and again, got her 3rd period classes confused. I wouldn't haven know if she didn't tell me a week later. I also was not notified that her classes were changed.
I was told today that she is averaging a 50% in her Health class because of these issues, which I don't believe is fair. She is an honor student, and I don't believe she should be penalized for this.
Am I wrong for feeling this way? I don't want her to fail, and the communication seems so hard. It just seems that many high school teachers have given up on these kids...quote]
After MONTHS? It's barely been two since she started.
High schools tend to expect kids to take care of a lot of these kinds of things. If your daughter is unsure of where she belongs at any given time, she should have gone to the Direction Center or office to ask some questions instead of being lost for two months.
Your daughter needs to learn to take some initiative and get things straightened out on her own. All she has to do is ask some questions.
It's one thing being involved with your daughter's education, but it's quite another to take all the responsibility away from your daughter. She's at the age where she should be taking some reigns and taking some control.
As for the teachers giving up on the kids, I don't think that's true. They just expect more from the kids than elementary and middle school teachers do. They are expecting her to take some kind of ownership.
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