My son got into the Montessori program. I signed up for the PTO and attended Meet the Teacher night. He started Kindergarten the first week of August. He went to school, and every evening shared disturbing tales of children stepping on his hands, making punching motions at him, and, most frightening, he was being set out of class. By the morning of the fifth day it was clearly not the right place for him. His teacher and her teaching partner were outright bullying him and encouraging the other children to do the same. With all the attention on child to child bullying, a lesser-told story is teacher-driven bullying. More to come on that topic.
Long story short: when the school day was over on Day 5, we stopped at the office to withdraw my son’s enrollment. He’s now in the district’s distance learning program, working through the home-school curriculum. We’re looking at the possibility of Tae Kwon Do or dance to give him opportunities to learn with other children and build his group dynamics skills.
Stay Tuned…
Charity Jennings 