Does your school ask about placement for the next year?

[tres3]

Ours sends home a form every spring asking if we are returning and also if there are any children your child shouldn't be placed with because of bullying,etc.


Apparently there is one kid no on in my son's grade wants to be with... He is a bully, general trouble maker and at soccer practice last week he dressed as "Isis" with a head covering.  Rumor is so  many have asked not to be with him I'm not sure how they can even attempt to satisfy those requests... and at what point do you hold the parents accountable? 

The one time I asked for a kid not to be placed with my other son because he was bullying my son, that kid ended up in our class (and it worked out fine the 2d grade teacher was much more on top of it than 1st grade) 

[2curlydogs]

They send home a contract/placement renewal form, but that's it and it's mainly for tuition purposes.

[Melissa W.]

We can suggest but there is no formal survey and never a guarantee. I have heard it more with patents wanting a certain teacher

[eclaires]

We can only fill out a "no request" for a specific teacher.

[tres3]

Apr 27, 2015 8:58:23 GMT -5 Melissa W. said:

We can suggest but there is no formal survey and never a guarantee. I have heard it more with patents wanting a certain teacher

I write mine more for a certain teacher... but honestly I have no clue about any of the teachers in 5th grade except for our math teacher and as much as I love him as a math teacher since 5th grade rotates and he'll go to 6th grade for math next year year, I want a home room teacher that at least has him for 1 subject.  This year was a bit of a disaster at the start because his home room teacher was the math teacher for the team and he went up to 5th for math so she didn't really know him when it came time for conferences but then they stopped rotating and he just left for math and she had him for every other subject and it was awesome.

[IIOY]

I was actually shocked when DS's teacher asked for my input. This is not standard at our school and I dare say she violated unspoken protocol. She has made clear that she adores DS, though, so I think she is tossing us a bone because of it.

[hocus2]

I don't think they do. I'm not even sure if they know which teachers will teach 1st grade classes next year just yet. There are 120 kids give or take that will move into 1st grade and I don't think they can really accommodate a lot of requests.

[frlcb]

I wish.

[mominatrix]

nothing formal.

there are a lot of, "so, are we going to see you again next year" questions, though.

[ijack]

DD's school doesn't do this
ETA - they do ask if you're coming back, but not about other kids or teachers.

[Deleted]

Teachers. Curious. Do you all sit in a room and determine your class list? Or is it random?
I went to a school with one class per grade so it was pretty straight forward.

[erbear]

We are asked the positive: are there kids with whom your child is awesome? They obviously can't take into account all of the recommendations but I do think they try if the reasoning is sound. Not that many elementary kids are "bullies" so I sure hope they phrase that differently...

Every year, we look at the students coming up, the "requests", and (most importantly) the recommendations of the 7th grade teachers to create class lists for 8th graders. Honestly, parent recommendations do not carry much weight since they are most often not based on any real information.

[erbear]

Apr 27, 2015 9:41:40 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Teachers. Curious. Do you all sit in a room and determine your class list? Or is it random?
I went to a school with one class per grade so it was pretty straight forward.

We do. Grade teams create the advisories and class lists for the next grade. They get changed sometimes, of course, and kids leave and join the class, but I've had a whole year with this crew and I know very well who does best with whom (kids and teachers) and who should be separated.

[doobeedoo]

We are simply asked if the child is/is not returning next year. I live in a well-off school district, so I am sure that there are tons of requests for little Johnny to be placed with a specific teacher/not with specific kids, or both, but unless there is a severe issue with a particular child or teacher, I do not believe in making those types of requests. And if there were a severe issue, I think I'd be handling that separately with the school.

[Deleted]

Chatham Co just assumed you're coming back. They figure it out when you register elsewhere lol. One of the registration forms you fill out every year asks if there are other students your child has had conflicts with so they can try to accommodate those requests or at least inform the teacher if they can't.

[downtoearth]

We can send a letter request where you can request that your child be placed with a certain teacher, but the request is more vague than that. It asks that you list your child's strengths and any needs that may "help them determine the best teacher to meet your child's needs."

ETA: At our school the teachers can mention kids they would or would not prefer, but the administrator actually makes all the class lists.

[cinco]

No. I've heard that you can make teacher requests, but I know it is not anything formal. I did not think I would ever do this, but I really don't want my son getting DD's current teacher. DD1 is extremely self motivated and has done okay this year, but DS would totally fall through the cracks with this teacher. He can't afford to basically go a whole year with out learning. I don't want to be an obnoxious meddling parent, but want to advocate for my child. Who knew it would be this tough

[laurenpetro]

yes, they ask if there's anyone you want to avoid but logically you can't expect them to honor every single request. they state that in the paperwork anyway but who would think that would be possible in the first place?

i'm fairly certain my BSC neighbors had an issue with this. they went on a tirade and the school was all "well, you can move your kid if you want but there's nothing we can do. there's more that goes into placement than what the parent wants." this is part of the reason i love my district.

[darthnbjenni]

Apr 27, 2015 9:41:40 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

Teachers. Curious. Do you all sit in a room and determine your class list? Or is it random?
I went to a school with one class per grade so it was pretty straight forward.

At my girls' elementary school, you can write a letter describing your child and their learning style/personality. You can't write requesting or asking not to have a certain teacher. However, I believe my kids' teachers know more about their learning and how it would best fit with their next teacher. 

Where I teach, you get recomended for a course by your teacher. Parents can over-ride (and boy do they - especially a student who can't pass the standards into English I Honors), but I don't know who my students are until the first day of school. 

[tres3]

Our school makes classroom lists but then the principal assigns the teacher to each list.... however, last year (as you all recall I wasn't enamored with our 3d grade teacher). I had both the VP and his classroom teacher tell me not to worry about his placement next year and he got the teacher I would have asked for if we could have asked. His teacher this year did say she'd like to see him with 2 teachers out of the 5 in that grade and I would agree with her assessment and absolutely adore one of them (she's our classroom teacher this year for older DS). I'm actually most worried about my youngest's son's placement for next year but I think I have a bit of reputation so I'm not too worried ;-). The one I really don't want is probably my cousin if I were to go on ancestor.com.

[keyslover]

Yes. DD1 is in K, so this was our first year at the school. I was surprised and happy to see the form. We cannot request specific teachers, but address learning style and issues.

I am hesitant to name a specific child in writing because it is a small school, but she has had issues with this kid all year. I am sort of hoping the teachers take care of it while figuring out placement.

[cookiemdough]

I have never heard of this in a public school setting. I have mostly heard that admins would prefer you didn't submit a request and let them with the input of teachers decide on the best placement. Basically their nice way of saying stfu you will take what we give you.