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Home : 2000 : Dec : 31
I have to agree with Julianne. There are pros and cons to parent requests. I teach in a school where written parent requests are honored IF a valid reason is supplied. We have at least 5-6 sections of each grade level, so the impact of a few requests does not seem so large. However, it seems to me that schools that allow parent requests as their first priority, are more in a "people pleasing" business, rather than education. If it is a problem in your school, then you and your colleagues really need to let the principal know that this practice is unfair and it is skewing your class makeup. Many people working together might be able to illicit change. Nonetheless, class lists should be done collaboratively with all teachers so that an equal number of above average, average, and low average students are placed in a class. Remedial numbers should be equivalent, and students with special needs should be placed appropriately. I realize this is the ideal. What is desired, however, doesn't always come to be! On the otherhand, as a parent of four children, I have requested particular teachers in the past to address my children's social and academic needs (and, no, my children are not star students, just your typical, average children). I think you have to allow parents a say in the educational process, but where to draw the line--I don't know. I am not offering any solutions, but I guess the best thing we can do is work together to illicit a change in our school's policies, and as always, do the best we can with the classes we receive. Even in the worst of classes, we must find something positive to build on. Thanks for letting us share our opinions.
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