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kristinannie
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Posted: March 11 2011 at 9:05am \| IP Logged

I am not sure where to post this so please move it if I put it in the wrong place.

There are a couple of problem kids in my son's pre-K class this year. It is a private Christian preschool. They have been a problem all year, but things have really been escalating. One of the kids in the class is being bullied really badly. He was hit in the head earlier this week. My son has been bullied a little (but he is really confident and it doesn't really bother him too much). The one kid was crying in the parking lot and wouldn't go into school even though my son tried to convince him (my son is one of his best friends). When I was dropping off today, I saw one of the bad kids take a toy from my son (violently grabbed the toy). The teacher was watching and didn't do anything. I told the kid to give it back to him and he did. I would have expected a teacher to deal with that. I guess this same kid kicked his blocks over yesterday and the teacher just told him to build his castle again. A little girl in the class yesterday had a kid put a finger to her head and said, "I am going to shoot you in the head. Bang. Now you're dead." I mean...these are 4 and 5 year olds!!!! My son has picked up some REALLY bad behaviours from this class.

Honestly, I think that the teachers have just given up on this class due to the bad apples. This week, during art class they have just been playing with toys, during singing they have been watching a movie. I mean, what in the heck am I paying for here?

A part of me just wants to yank my son out of there. There are only about 2 months left and the best stuff is coming up (graduation, the spring concert, etc). My daughter also goes there and I was planning on sending her next year because I absolutely love the teacher she will have next year.

Sorry to have such a long post. I am just so frustrated right now. This is making me so happy about my decision to homeschool. If they can't even control bullying in a private preschool, how could they possibly handle it in public school? I just don't know why they don't kick these kids out of school.

What am I supposed to do in this situation?

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JodieLyn
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Posted: March 11 2011 at 10:10am \| IP Logged

At the least you could go to the teachers and express concern about the behavior and what's being done.

And if you don't get an acceptable response then the director.

Even if they're aware of it, they may be erroneously figuring it's just the couple of children that are affected rather than the whole class.

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Posted: March 11 2011 at 11:47am \| IP Logged

May I suggest that if you have to escalate your discussions to the director level, you do so in writing and request a meeting? The director probably has no idea what is going on.

Praying...with empathy...BTDT.

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