Anne

Lucy has to go to the dentist next month though, and I am NOT looking forward to it.

From Ed.gov:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are “eligible students.”
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student’s education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.
Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student then has the right to a formal hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement with the record setting forth his or her view about the contested information.
Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to the following parties or under the following conditions (34 CFR § 99.31):
o School officials with legitimate educational interest;
o Other schools to which a student is transferring;
o Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;
o Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student;
o Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;
o Accrediting organizations;
o To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena;
o Appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies; and
o State and local authorities, within a juvenile justice system, pursuant to specific State law.

I agree with everyone else – that teacher is absolutely out of line and I’m glad you stuck up for Sam. It’s completely inappropriate for any teacher to discuss a child’s behavior (or ask questions about it) of other students and then enter that into any kind of official report.

Not okay.

Can you imagine? I don’t know where her animosity came from, but maybe because I was a talkative, highly-confident 8 year old. I was a good student too. But I can’t imagine doing that to any kind of a student.

I do know, though, that as much as my 33 year old self has contempt for that teacher, I remember first and foremost that my parents stuck up for me and were 100% on my side. Good for you for fighting for your kids.

Hope it all works out.

Sorry your day has been so rough already. And it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right? You’ve earned it, lady!

Those are not the behaviors of a normal teacher, and I’m sorry if this seems dramatic, but I would be talking to a lawyer right now. The woman sounds absolutely UNHINGED.

The handstands of rage crack me up. Though I’m sure they were less than funny at the time, to me they sound hysterical!