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I am so unbelievably frustrated with Matthew’s school right now, it ain’t even funny.

We had a conference over a week ago with his teacher and the assistant principal. The end result was that his teacher was going to work on some type of behavior plan that would be self monitoring, to reduce the issues the boy has in class.

We waited a week. Nothing.

Today, I get a note from her, because he got marked yellow in his planned again. The note said that his behavior plan would start on 3/26 – after spring break. 3 1/2 weeks AFTER our conference. Unacceptable.

I called the school this afternoon to talk to the assistant principal, and found out she’s on vacation til 3/26. (She was out sick last month for 2 weeks when we had another issue – must be nice!) His teacher blamed the delay on the guidance counselor. Huh? What does she have to do with this? She wasn’t at our meeting, and she wasn’t mentioned then. Turns out she has to help develop the discipline plan. She wouldn’t do it last week because she had to proctor the FCAT testing (don’t even get me started on that!) and then she was out sick for a few days. Plus, “we” wanted to start the discipline plan on the 26th because it’s a new grading period.

Who is “we”? The school. Why delay improving a child’s behavior til then, I asked? No response. I said that “we” who have to LIVE with Matthew would prefer this problem be dealt with sooner, rather than later, and expressed my dismay again at the lack of communication. All of this should have been explained at our conference. His teacher added that my son met with the guidance counselor today for 30 minutes to discuss his goals. WTH? Where’s my letter about that? The guidance counselor meets with my kids for a half hour, and I don’t know about it? A note, or a call, or something? Again, unacceptable. “We” are supposed to be a team, but I’m feeling like a mushroom. And his teacher had the NERVE to say, “Well, I’m sorry you feel that way”.

WHAT?

I cut her off right there and said “Pardon my language, but don’t you dare give me a half assed apology like that.”

In the past, we told Matthew that he would be grounded at home if he got yellow for the day. I just can’t do it anymore. I really feel like his teacher doesn’t like him, and isn’t in a hurry to fix his behavior in class. I’m appalled that it’s taking this long to get something so simple done. And Jim agrees with me. I really wish the assistant principal weren’t out on vacation right now, because she would so be hearing from me.

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