[Jenn218]

I worked at my daughters elementary school (she is now homeschooled) for several years and this is unexceptable!!! I would definitely set up a meeting with the teacher or a phone meeting...if that gets you no where, go straight to the principal.

It is normal for kids to get their names on the board (if they misbehaive or not complete their in class work), and in most cases, they either sit in the hallway to get their work down or sit in a certain area outside at recess or sit in the office until recess is over....this is what we use to do.

But her yelling and then telling them NOT to tell the parent's, etc....that just says to me that she has had issues in the past and she is afraid of what might happen....big warning sign!!

I remember when my daughter was in kindgarten, the kids all had to sit with their classmates in the hallway until school began (teachers in the room). I would always walk her in and wait and then walk her to her classroom....there was a different teacher on "morning" duty each day; which they all had to follow pretty much the same rules....course, some were more strict, some more easy going.

This is ONE teacher for a hallway of K-4th grade students (each sitting against the wall by their rooms - K sat by the library). They all had a tub of books to look thru and read while they wanted.

On this particular morning, my daughter and I were rummaging thru the book tub by her classmates and we are talking about which ones looked good (she loved books). The duty teacher yelled to be quiet....I never thought she was talking to us.....THEN she came to my daughter and said that she had told her once to be quiet and sit down and wanted her to stand with her nose on the wall. Boy, you can imagine how pissed off I was. I had been squatted down going thru the books and I stood straight up and (being the professional I am and the good mommy), nicely told her that she would not yell at my daughter (which was bawling) and that she would not be repremanding for talking to her mother. We went straight to the principals office. That was VERY uncalled for. Later that year, the whole morning routine was changed (for the better) and I have to admit, I am sure that I played at big part in that change!