Comments on: Requesting a Change in Your Child’s Classroom Placement

By: Kim Vij

Kim Vij — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:44:56 +0000

In reply to Marianne.

This has to be so hard to experience as a grandparent Marianne for your grandson. We want school to feel supportive and safe for our children. Keep up with the guidance counselor and include the principal to ensure that you have a meeting to discuss his diagnosis from the Doctor to see how he can be placed on a specialized learning plan for his specific needs. Counselors work a short period during the summers as well.

To make the last 6 weeks go smoothly for your grandson, work with him to set goals that the teachers has provided that are tanglable for him. Discuss times he is included like whole group time, playground time and specials more than just work time. Focus on this final report card period and what he needs to do personally to learn and receive high scores on his work, if at all possible. Sometimes talking about who he’s maturing for the next grade and starting to show those behaviors can feel like encouragement for a child.

Wishing you the best for next year, be sure to write a placement letter to provide to the principal for next year so he’s placed into a classroom setting that best supports his learning style. Here’s our sample letter: https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/how-to-write-placement-letter-for/

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:05:37 +0000

Please help us. My 6 yr old 1st grade grandson has been move all the to the back right of the classroom. At the beginning of school he was right next to the teachers desk. He is the only student singled out. All the other students are in groups of 4. He is one of the smallest students in the class. I have repeatedly 4 times asked her to move him she refuses to. She says he acts out. We took him to his pediatrician and he gave us a letter to give his school stating he has a diagnosis of ADHD and is currently being treated, the Dr recommended that the school further support through IEP, 504 and other specialized learning plan. When I mentioned it to the counselor she said with six weeks left of school that won’t happen until next year. My grandson remains singled out and separated from the whole class as a trouble maker and a bad kid. I find this unjust to him and inbarrassing.. I don’t know why his teacher did not recommend these actions earlier or try to help him. What can I do to help his last 6 weeks be better than his whole year? His dr said there’s no way he should be singled out and have to try to focus through all the other 18 kids. He is the only child all year to be separated and put at the back of the class.
Thank you for your suggestions
Sincerely Marianne

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:17:12 +0000

My daughter is starting grade 6th grade in Australia. She moved to this class in grade 2 and struggled to make friends straight away. From going to a school where she had multiple best friends was hard at first. Finally she made a few besties and they formed a tight bond. My daughter has social anxiety and lacks confidence… which as a parent is sad to see in your tween daughter. She has one friend whom she has been with for 4 years. They are both shining together in their learning. She has had a few bullies this year which took her confidence down even more. Nor they are not in the same class for grade 6. She is so distraught and doesn’t want to even go. How would I go about moving her back with her friend?

By: Kim Vij

Kim Vij — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:49:33 +0000

So sorry to hear that your son is experiencing this in his 3rd grade class. I’d encourage you to schedule a meeting with his principal to discuss your concerns and see what options are available to you at this time. Your child needs to be in a classroom that they feel supported and monitored with an active academic plan to support his needs.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:11:31 +0000

My son is a 3rd grader this year. He was doing well with the previous grades but for some reasons he failed 3 tests in a row at the beginning of this year. I contacted the teacher thru email, class Dojo and Parentsquare to express my concerns but didn’t get response from the teacher after a week. My husband talked to the teacher after school one day and she said he was doing good. How can he be doing good when he failed 3 tests in a row. A week after he took the standardized test and did poorly on it. I then emailed her and sent her the message again on ClassDojo. This time I got a response. She then scheduled us for a parent conference and asked the principal to sign the progress report to show that she did her job by notifying us about ours son performance. I felt like she was doing things just to cover for herself and not helping my son learn. Recently, she pulled my son outside in the middle of class and told him he has a dishonesty issue and later apologized to him after she found out it wasn’t his fault. My cried so much when she told him that. He was traumatized being called dishonest. He son told us she yelled a lot in class and didn’t have the patient when he asked her questions. He also said that she talked super nice to adults but not the kids. What should I do to help my son? Should I change school or classroom for him? I feel like teachers talk to each other and they might take side and treat him poorly.

By: Kim Vij

Kim Vij — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:05:51 +0000

In reply to Erika. This tends to happen due to numbers in student enrollment, unfortunately. I'd suggest following the tips in this article and contacting your school's administration to address your concerns that this placement would not be a good fit academically and environmentally for your child and her learning success. Wishing you the best this school year.

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 03:56:23 +0000

My daughter is going into grade 2 and I just found out she will be in a grade 1-2 split mostly grade 1s I am very unhappy with this idea as she is a smart 7 year old. She will be almost 2 years older then some of the kids in her class and she is very mature for her age. Not to mention Covid took a toll on all kids but I have gotten my daughter a tutor over the last 9 months to cover what was missed. This is my main reason I want her in a straight 2 class or a 2-3 class

Any suggestions to get this switched

By: Kim Vij

Kim Vij — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:56:02 +0000

In reply to Rosie. Sorry to hear that the school year didn't get off to a great start. It can feel so challenging and discouraging. We'd suggest scheduling an appointment with the teacher to discuss your concerns. If your gut feeling tells you your child would do better in a different setting you can schedule an appointment with the principal or write a letter to discuss your concerns. It's important to be an advocate for your child's learning and well being at school.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 19:22:12 +0000

Hello – we are new to our school and my son is in 2nd grade. We too are having difficulty with his teacher. The 1st week was rough and he was disciplined for being too chatty and missed 5 minutes of recess and had his desk moved – he was overwhelmed with being at such a big school with so many kids – but I understand the teacher had to nip it in then butt right away and she let me know what happened. Needless to say he was crushed, embarrassed and sobbed – didn’t want to go back etc. We pushed thru and hoped that would hopefully be a small hiccup. Although the teacher & I have emailed & texted (REMIND app) back & forth quite a few times, I have provided my cell # & asked on 2 separate occasions to talk. She has neglected to do this but seems to want to his behind the computer. Our school uses the iPad quite a lot for learning, homework & tests. It is difficult to navigate on Showbie and her layout of her folders are uncanny (I have a degree in computer mgmnt & well versed in software). Recently they took a test that glitched and lost over have the class’s results…the teacher (after the weekend + 2 days into the week + starting a new story, new spelling, new vocabulary, new grammar) is calling each child to retest. We still don’t have the grades and she gets irritated if you ask. The week before she entered an F & D grade for him. I was shocked and long story short she made a typo and then realized she also marked a question wrong when it was correct. I asked her a question about math thinking it might have been written incorrectly by the book and she took great offense and told me to dialogue with the book company and gave me their contact info in Washington DC. Sometimes she texts (REMIND app) their daily assignments but skips many days in between. The children don’t have planner books like we’re used to. Her website has broken links that when brought to her attention she made an excuse and they are now deleted although another 2nd grade teacher has them working on her website. Things just keep adding up since the 1st week of school & I’ve had a gut feeling she is not organized, qualified & very defensive. I think my son would do better in a different class, does this sound like I could have grounds to make this move?

By: Kim Vij

Kim Vij — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:54:24 +0000

In reply to Yolanda. I'm so sorry to hear that your child is having to go through this, after connecting with the teacher, reaching out to the principal and guidance counselor can be a big help in these types of situations. Wishing you the best outcome this school year.