Ben has been at his new school for about two weeks and things haven't been going very well. I hate to complain when it comes to this stuff (will they take it out on Ben?) so, you know it had to be bad if we scheduled an appointment to talk to the director this afternoon! I had an entire notebook sheet of paper full of concerns. I should start by saying Ben's teacher is very nice, very sweet and my complaints are not about her personally. Unfortunately, as we found out at our meeting, she has only been a lead teacher since the end of December and she does not have any formal education in childhood development...only some experience with children under the age of four...hhhhmmm. I will spare you the details of the entire list, but we'll just say it was very concerning. My main, immediate, concerns were the lack of control the teacher had on this class ~ kids, literally, running around and climbing on the furniture...complete chaos each and every time I was there..sometimes I would stay for almost two hours so I could get a good feel for what was going on in the class. Another serious complaint was that she was not making the kids wash their hands after they use the bathroom!! If you know anything about preschool/toddler bathroom habits (especially at a daycare/preschool!)...this is a very concerning health issue. I can only imagine the germs and serious health issues that could come from this...I was very upset since we have had so many issues with Ben's health to begin with!!! Anyway, our meeting with the director went very well. She assured us that she would make some immediate changes (hand washing, safety, etc.) and then asked that we give her up to a week to make some other changes and then a little more time to make some changes with regards to some of our other, less serious issues...like I said...I had a whole sheet of paper of concerns/complaints. I don't want to yank Ben out of that school just yet ~ mainly because we don't have many options...all of the reputable schools in this area have a wait list. Also, I am not sure I will be staying at my job, so I don't want to keep pulling Ben out of schools...it's very traumatic for him to make such big changes.
On another note, Scott got transferred to another bank ~ it's still FirstBank, but it's another charter further from our house. Bummer. His commute will increase to about 35-40 minutes with moderate traffic...more during rush-hour! But, it's a new environment and a new opportunity for him. Oh well, we will roll with it, as usual. What else can we do?
Just some pictures of the kids!
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Ugh, you guys have had such a road with day care centers. I DO have the education, even in early childhood education, at least the 12 units required to be a lead teacher, and couldn't imagine being left alone in a room full of three year olds. It's a tough age, I hope you will find a good resolution soon.
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