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Questions and Concerns
Updated July 2008
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Comments From GreatSchools.net Users
06/2/2008:
"I have twin GrandAngels that just finished Kindergarten. One has excelled and the other one is struggling. One definitely passed to 1st grade and the other one is going to be sent to 1st grade only for 3 weeks to see how she does. If she's not where she needs to be they are sending her back to Kindergarten. We are getting her a tutor this summer, but we're still really concerned about her struggling. She has been diagnosed with ADHD and started medication about 6 months into the school year and she was already behind. Does anybody have any advice....please HELP!"
05/29/2008:
"On average, how many children are negatively impacted educationally or socially by the disruptive child? Somewhere I read that at least 5,7 children are impacted in the classroom by this child. Does that seem accurate to you?"
01/15/2008:
"My 6 year old started kindergarten this year. He has been in day care since he was 18 months old and we have always called daycare 'school' and the women in it 'teachers'. Now that he is in real school he doesn't seem to have any respect for his teacher. He is very disrespectful at times and tells her 'no' frequently. I am worried that he just doesn't understand that this is actual school not babysitters and he has to behave himself or there could be serious consequences. What can I do to make him understand that he cannot behave this way in school?"
12/11/2007:
"My sson is having issues with a bully. He has tried asking the bully to stop. he has told the bully to stop and he has told the teacher. And nothing is being done to may satisfaction (the teacher cannot see everything) What can you suggest I do to help solve the problem. My son is now afreaid to go to school."
05/9/2007:
"My daughter was just accepted into a lottery school. The one I have been hoping she would be lucky to get into. Now that she is in and will be starting kindergarten in the fall I am having second thoughts about her being in a school that has children in K-8. Is there a benefit to having schools that are k-5 or 6 vs K-8? "
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