Well, the next day DH and i went to see the AST#3 ( vice principal ). She is Fabulous so i knew all would be OK.
Told her what happened and lost the plot - couldnt stop crying.
She was furious.
That arvo she rang me and told me that she and the principal had met with him and he admitted saying it. He has been given a very clear warning that it is never to happen again and that he now has to work very hard at re building the relationship with my DS. He has also been told that i am to let the principal know if there seems to be any backlash from this - as in he seems to be picking on DS. They are currently working with him due to his bad choices of wording and trying to keep him in line. Felt much better when i had got it off my chest.
This all came from the fact that my DS was trying to recover from a vomitting bug and had fallen behind in his work. He got frustrated cause DS hadnt finished it. He was disgusted that he had been given extra time.
That arvo - DS comes home and i told him what had happened. He said that the teacher had nearly made him shadow at lunchtime (follow teacher as punishment) then teacher had to do something else so it was cancelled !!!! Apparently he and a couple of others spoke when they werent meant to.
Then the next day (Thursday ) DS comes out of school and says that he was green carded !!!!!! Apparently the teacher had put a total noise ban on the class. So class was working away and my DS spoke - to himself ! He always thinks out loud when doing his work. So cause he was green carded - he got kicked out of the classroom and had to sit in the class next door. I am furious !! Public shaming !
I believe that he is picking on DS. He wants to have a meeting with us and i said not till after Easter so i could calm down. Now that he has Green carded my DS i am not calm and when we have the meeting i will certainly be telling him a few home truths. He has made my blood boil. Sat in the car and cried, so tempted to go to the staff room and yell at him !!
The Principal is yet to hear from me about the green card. She is the one that told me the day before that DS is no trouble, always compliant, a lovely well mannered boy. So why this ?? My DS WAS loving school - now he is very unhappy and so are his parents ! So it looks like we managed to get to Grade 4 without a hiccup and now we are making up for it !!
Anyway, thats the latest - will update after the meeting.
If you made it through my rant then
Thanks for your support !
Well, i went to see the vice principal today and she was most unimpressed with the green card incident before Easter.
I said i feel like DS is being picked on - she agreed that his teacher doesnt seem to be making the effort to rebuild the relationship with DS as he was warned he needs to do.
She also agreed that the green carding was over the top and blanket threats arent good. What is appropriate for one child isnt necessarily right for another and the punishment needs to fit the crime !
Yes, DS did speak when the whole class had been warned not to - but he spoke to himself. He reads out loud so he can understand things better.
Anyway - next week we are having a meeting and the two principals will be there to mediate (otherwise i will kill him!)
Should be interesting - i just want it sorted so DS can be happy about school again cause at the moment its not much fun.
Will keep you posted !
At least the DP might keep an eye on things while your DS is at school and make sure the teacher isn't bullying him. GL with your meeting next week - I hope the outcome is great.
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to you and your DS. So good to hear that the school is being supportive of you - the vice principal and principal sound great! 
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