Before I start, let me be the first to admit that my children aren't angels...they're kids.

I'll give a bit of history here...I started contacting my son's school when I noticed that his grade in Language Arts was not up to par. The first and second quarters, he held an A and a B, respectively, in the class. The beginning of the third quarter, I noticed that there weren't any entries into the Progress Book, an online portal to the children's grades and assignments.

I tried, through emails and notes, to speak with the teacher so I could find out what was going on, and how I could help her help him. The teacher gave no response. I then, on 2/23, had an appointment with all of his teachers and his guidance counselor, to see if there was an issue with my son...which there wasn't.

The VP of the school sat in on the meeting, but stepped out over 8 times, and the guidance counselor seemed as if I were bothering him.

2 weeks later, I find out that the teacher for his LA class was out sick, and that the school had been having issues getting a full time sub to sit in on the class. 3ed week, I get a call from the GC, letting me know that they have a full timer in his class now.

I kept an eye on the grades, but they were still quite low. I attempted to contact the Principal, but he was out of town...so an email went out to all members of the school board, informing them that I'm meeting resistance, and that I wasn't pleased.

4th week, I get a call from the Principal, and a meeting date was set...2 weeks out.

6th week...We had a meeting with the Principal, where i was told that my son wasn't meeting his requirements each week. I asked what the weekly requirements were, and was told that it changes almost daily, due to having multiple teachers in the class. I asked him how he expected any student to be able to pass a class where there was no normal routine in the teaching style. He admitted that all the students in that particular class were having issues with lower than normal grades...more than 75% of them had a D or lower. But, he also informed me that they had just hired a full time teacher to finish the class, and that she was going to finish out the year. This teacher finally gave enough assignments to add into the Progress Book that my son was able to finish the 3rd quarter with a C...which is quite low for him.

The last two weeks, I've asked my son about his LA class, and keeping a close eye online for the grades. i noticed that there were no entries in the system for that class, and my son informed me that they've had a different sub each day, and that all they've done for the last 2 weeks was watch movies.

Today, I called the Principal to raise hell, and he wasn't in, but the VP would take the call. I spoke with her and voiced my issues...she wasn't very happy with me afterward.

About 30 minutes later, I got a call from the VP, letting me know that my son accidentally tripped another child, and that she was giving him detention. I asked her if a teacher was present when this happened, and she confirmed that the teacher said it was truly an accident. I told her that my son would NOT be serving a detention for an accident, so she trumped the charge up to "invading another's personal space"

I decided that my wife and I would do better with an impromptu meeting. We promptly headed up to the school, and as we were walking in, the Principal was walking in behind us...which turned out good. He was telling us that they have a new full time, certified English teacher for the rest of the year in my son's class, and that all would be good. I thanked him, then informed him of the issue with the VP and the detention. After a little bit of voice raising from my wife after the VP told us that the detention was upgraded to include horseplay, the Principal intervened...and with great timing.

He told us that there would not be a punishment for an accident, and that the VP was going to be talked to after we left. i told him that something needed to be done, because I was going to send an email to all members of the Board of Education again.

We've gone round and round with this school, to the point that it's gotten my BP up so high that I passed out when we got home.

We're seriously talking about an alternative education source for my son. Cyber school is out of the question...he needs interaction with other children. Charter or private school is our only options.

I've never dealt with such incompetence in my life

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85,000 miles