Again, I doubt it. But every state is different. For example, I never heard of someone wearing two hats and being a district superintendent AND a board president at the same time. Here, it'd be a conflict of interest. Board members not only are NOT school employees, they can't even be married or closely related to school employees, by law. I like that just fine.

I don't have any problem at all with the notion that a student needs to know when to seek help from a teacher. At some point, hopefully sooner than later, a good student takes responsibility for their own learning. However, when help is sought, the teacher needs to be ready, willing and able to provide the necessary help and then some. He or she should also be making it clear over and over again to his students that help is here when you need it. Sounds like this guy is falling down on his end of the bargain.
Sounds like your boy is going to get the help he needs. That's a good thing. This crappy teacher is an important life lesson for him as well. In a perfect world, there are no cops who sell drugs, no doctors who neglect their patients' needs, no teachers who are too burnt out to be in the classroom. In a perfect world.

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