About Maria Batkovic Expertise I can answer any question concerning primary grade (K-3rd) education from the perspective of the student, parent or teacher. My speciality was designing highly creative ways to teach all levels of reading, writing, spelling and math (addition, subtraction, multiplication and fractions). In the last few years, I also became very adept at dealing with students with learning disabilities integrated into mainstream classrooms.
Experience I taught 2nd grade for more than 25 years in Catholic schools in New York City and Northern California.
Expert: Maria Batkovic Date: 2/7/2008 Subject: teachers going to far in personal lives
Question i know your profile say up to third grade but my daughter is in 6th I'm so mad at her school right know i could spit nails.my daughter's at this age where girls are crazy about boys every week its a new one as parents we let it go and laugh over a glass of wine cause they don't go out to dinner to the movies or even the mall they are called phone boyfriends well that what there called at my house any how my daughter had a group of friends over all the time there where boys i want my daughter to know you can have male friends to. well one of them became her boyfriend and i couldn't stop them from being friends because he had a crush that wouldnt last the week so i just watch them told them how to act no kissing so on and so on well the boy got controlling and she said ok this is it i dont want to go out with you. well the boy talked bad about her at school said bad things would call are house and hang up the phone so we had to do something about it. he was stalking her well this teacher decided to take matters into her own hands and tells every little boy not to go out with my daughter i am her parent i can tell her that and i have told her that but these kids really don't even know what girlfriend /boyfriends are my point. i went to the school told the principal about the teacher asked it to stop it hasn't should i go to a lawyer?
Answer Hello Rene,
I really cannot advise you as this isn't my expertise. However, before you try any legal solutions visit the principal again and plead your case. Discuss with the teacher and principal as to the school policies on this type of middle school behaviors. Also if the school has a counselor I believe he or she should be involved as well. These are the beginning of very difficult years for your child. The most important thing you can do is to be there for her all the way. You are the parent and therefore you must parent. It may also help if the boy's parents are notified of the situation. After all he is still a child as well. The principal or counselor should take care of this communication.
Good luck to you.
MB
