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Monday, July 3, 2006
About My Child’s Report Card…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A blog participant posted this on an earlier thread:
“Teachers are ‘on’ all of the time. I was at the mall with my family yesterday and was stopped by a parent to discuss her child and the report card, I taught 85 middle schoolers this past year (and at least that many or more the previous six years), and am expected to remember information about EACH child when I see the parent out somewhere.”
Teachers, does this happen to you? If so, does it make you want to run screaming down the escalator? Parents, ‘fess up, have you done this? Are teachers fair game when parents see them in public, and is it okay for a teacher to say, “I’m not on the clock”?
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Are Schools as Nit-Picky as They Used To Be?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A mom on an earlier thread says her house is overrun with lice thanks to an outbreak at the end of the school year. Nice way to spend the summer, huh?
She says schools have lightened up on nit policies because of the attendance requirements of No Child Left Behind. I assume this means schools that used to turn kids away at the door for having the tell-tale eggs are now letting the kids stay??? I’m checking with school systems to see if they have official policies, but until I hear back …
Is your school nit-friendlier these days? Teachers … I’m sure you have some thoughts on this one… Parents, is it unreasonable to send kids home because of nits? Or is it unreasonable to let kids stay at school when they have nits? And finally, a little off the education topic, but let’s get right down to business… how do you get rid of nits and lice?
