After watching several unfortunate things happen in Number One's classroom over the first half of this academic year, we took our concerns to the principal at the elementary school. My greatest concern is that his teacher appears to be relatively stupid and rigid, and relatively incompetent at math and science. We didn't say those things directly, and we did admit that he is not always the most detail-oriented child in the world, but we made it clear that we don't like the direction of the class.
She defended her teacher to a certain degree, as we expected she would. She also explained that the teacher in question likes to plan everything to the nth degree, and likes to have clearly delineated "black" and "white" areas in her classroom and her teaching. Which may be a nicer way of saying that she is in fact not the brightest star in the MES sky.
Not sure what difference it will make, but perhaps it serves as a warning shot. She also offered The Triathlete a spot on her "Parents' Advisory Board," which at least gives us a way to have an advocate more closely associated with the school administration.
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