This is the WORST school district I've ever experienced.

Published on September 22, 2005 By dharmagrl In Misc

We're having yet another battle with the school.

My son and his classmates are supposed to get an hour for their lunch. However, they only get to spend part of that hour actually eating. A very small part of that hour.....like 10 or 15 minutes before the lunch ladies start hassling them to get out so the next class can come in. Quite often my son comes home hungry because he hasn't had the time to finish his boxed lunch that he brings from home. My friend K's boy is in the same class, and he's come home a couple of times shaking and feeling faint because he's been so hungry.

The past 2 days, both boys have come home with lunches that are untouched. Their teacher has been holding them back in their classroom for 5 - 10 minutes into their lunch hour. When they only get 15 mins to sit and eat, that 5 - 10 mins that they're held back is a significant chunk of time.

So, my husband called the school yesterday afternoon and requested to talk to the teacher. She called back this morning, and after he had voiced his concern she proceeded to talk over him, saying that she has procedures to follow and blah blah blah. He got somewhat stroppy with her and told her that if it happened again he was going to take it up with the school superintendent and then the school district.

She didn't even seem to care that the kids aren't getting adequate time to eat at lunch. The only thing she seemed to give a rat's behind about was her 'procedure'.

If us parents consistently denied our kids the opportunity to eat lunch, the school would call CPS on us. Guaranteed. So why is it okay for them to not give our kids enough time to eat? We're constantly told by the school (via flyers and newspaper articles) how important it is for our kids to get adequate nutrition, how they need to eat breakfast before school and a healthy lunch. Us parents are even asked to provide a healthy snack for the kids to have in their classrooms....yet they don't seem to care that kids are going without lunch because their teachers are holding them back in their classrooms.

This has to be the WORST school district I have ever experienced. If there was another school within a reasonable distance, I'd seriously consider enrolling my kids there. Even homeschooling is looking like an attractive prospect...and I NEVER thought I'd ever say that.

Seems to me that the school is more worried about statistics, numbers and schedules than they are about the kids. That's disgraceful.

Comments (Page 4)

Texas Wahine

on Sep 27, 2005

As far as I know...Marcie and I are the only vocal teachers on JU.

Just a note: Lobsterhunter, InBloom, Myrrander, lostintexas, alisonwatkins, and Leaping Lizard all are, or have been, classroom teachers.

All but one of those (lostintexas) have written articles about the profession. Whether or not you consider them "vocal", you might want to look at their sites and check out what they've had to say (and what others have had to say to them).

Ziggystyles

on Sep 28, 2005

Not only did you respond NINE times, each and every one of them was a freaking epistle, paragraph after paragraph of repetition, denial, and irrelevant personal details.

Yeah, I know you have a problem with my replies. Keep forgetting to simplify it. I do tend to lengthen things out because I give examples many times to prove my point. Id give an example here, but that would lengthen this out..and thats obviously a no-no. Reptition, yes; I kept repeating myself trying to set the record straight despite your attacking of my persona. Denial; well yeah, duh. Of course Im going to deny things that are untrue about me. Personal details; so I cant give out information or examples that help prove my point? Man, it sounds like basically, if I say something that you want to go off on, that I should basically just not even bother replying and let you do whatever tickles your fancy.

But what you just said there is an outright LIE.

Hey there, welcome to my world.

You were given ample chance to express yourself, and when you did, you disgusted us ALL so much that I finally gave you the boot.

er...or you could change that to "you were given ample chance to express yourself, and when you kept on insisting you were not against disabled people and that my various comments about you being abusive...etc were far from being correct, I gave you the boot."

But you just keep on and on and on, ziggy,

Because you think you are right about the way that I teach and how I am based on some things I have written. I didnt intend to hijack Dharmas thread (and I apologize Dharma if I did). Im certainly not trying to make it about me. But I am trying to make myself clear, and that is that I am not the person that you present me to be. I cant even make a post about education related issues with out some derogative comment from you...

it's no secret that I find Ryan to be utterly devoid of empathy for his fellow man, as well as one of the most consistently childish 'adults' I've ever seen express themselves here,

Id like to comment on eduacation related topics (Dharma I see has some others) so I can give the teachers side (both good and bad), but that doesnt seem possible without getting jumped on.

Just a note: Lobsterhunter, InBloom, Myrrander, lostintexas, alisonwatkins, and Leaping Lizard all are, or have been, classroom teachers.

TW, you are right. I dont know the other teacher bloggers on here (outside of Myrr responding to some of my blogs). I meant vocal in the context of focusing mostly on education issues and replying to others blogs from a teachers point. A majority of Marcies blogs were education related, as are many of mine; and Id say that whenever we see a blog on education issues, then we usually respond to it.

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