Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Texas

Re: Hounded by a school teacher

Write a letter to the (1) teacher, with a copy to the (2) principal, (3) school committee.

In that letter, request from the teacher a DAILY report of what

she TRIED to TEACH the children that day in school and what

she is GOING TO TRY TO TEACH the children the next day in school.

In that letter, ask her to supply to you in the DAILY REPORT, what she did to LEARN that her efforts at teaching

the previous day were successful.

In other words, what -- or how -- did she learn that her students were able to learn the subject from what she taught.

In that letter, ask her whether she explained the children's homework assignments to them adequately.

In that letter, ask her (1) whether the amount of homework assigned to the 6-year-old children was

AGE APPROPRIATE and (2) whether she explained the homework to them adequately and (3) what HOW she explained it to them.

End the letter by telling her she can get more with honey than with vinegar, and certainly more with pleasantness and graciousness than with orders and threats.

In that letter, tell her (that you expect

an answer within 24 hours of the receipt of the

letter and

(1) that if you do not receive her detailed

response within 24 hours of receipt of your letter, you shall construe her silence to

mean that your child is performing well and

cooperatively at school, and

(2)that if you do not receive a response from

her within 48 hours, you shall seek the teacher's

suspension from school,

(3) that if you do not receive her detailed

response within 72 hours, you shall construe

her silence to mean that your child is performing

well and cooperatively at school, you shall seek the teacher's

suspension from school without pay.

In other words, do not moan and groan but act affirmatively and quickly. The letter also serves as an affirmation from the teacher, the principal, and the school committee that YOU ARE OKAY and it is they who are NOT.

Teachers used to be interested in teaching.

In today's society, they report what who they do not like to governmental authorities.

Their asses are covered by immunity -- that is, they are not expected to be accountable for their own work. This is wrong. They must be accountable. Their focus should be on teaching, not on threatening parents.

Make that clear.

Add that if no response is received from her within 96 hours of receipt of your letter, tell her that you shall construe her silence to be a waiver of any immunity she may later claim in a lawsuit brought by you against her.

Thanks for getting my adrenalin working this morning.

Have a happy school year.

Barbara