Is this school newsletter too rude?

[RudeHead]

NC as obviously outing to other parents. This week's primary school newsletter had the following from the head^^ about parents' evening...

Thank you for all the positive comments that teachers received yesterday. They all work so hard for each child in their class. Though I have noticed that there are too many parents not attending the parents meeting and making individual appointments with teachers before and after school This will not be allowed. We start at 1.30pm and finish at 7pm so whatever job you have, you can still make the consultation. I have to keep the workload down for our teachers. If there is a reason why you cannot meet on the designated parent consultation, which is dated in September, then please write to me.

AIBU that this is unacceptably rude? I feel like I should write in or something. I get her point but surely there's a better way to make it?

DH believes that the role of a teacher is to put their clients i.e. parents and children first @Tunnockswafer.
Well, I suppose he can believe what the hell he wants if he's running a make it all up as you go along free school. And if there are people stupid/desperate enough for a job to work for him, then I guess that's up to them.
He's wrong though. Parents and children are NOT clients.

Yellowfish. When these parents evenings take place at school, does the head remain on site with the member of staff to support?

I thought It was fine

I think the head has phrased it rather bluntly and other posters have offered more polite rephrasing but I applaud her support of her staff.

And I also know a lot of school teachers that never get to their own children’s parents evenings, plays and important events too because they can’t get anytime off during termtime and twilights/meetings/open evenings etc often clash with other school’s important dates.

DH's presence isn't required @shellysheridan and he isn't actually based on site for all of the week, as he is often able to work remotely thanks to the innovative working practices the school has. There will aleays be site staff on hand to assist.

Yellow & their possibly imaginary dh are running a probably imaginary dame school which has yet to produce results, I'd surmise.

Yes Clairenam, that's it though. Your husband works in a genuinely inflexible job. But you don't so have generally been able to make parents evenings. I would say that's the norm. That's generally how it's been for us, one of us has been able to make it. And we also had one date we couldn't do and the teacher readily accommodated.

More rarely both parents are unable to have any flexibility and will I imagine also be accommodated.

But it seems at this particular school the balance has been tipped and too many people are ignoring the date altogether, preferring to make their own arrangements to suit them. Therefore the harsh message
but in the event neither parent can take any time off, you can write to the head.

The growth of business managers running schools is part of the reason teaching has a recruitment and retention problem. They don't care how many staff burn out as long as they can get another batch of compliant factory fodder to take their places.

DH's presence isn't required @shellysheridan and he isn't actually based on site for all of the week, as he is often able to work remotely

What, so he pisses off home and calls it innovative flexibility, whilst requiring his poor staff to be at the beck and call of any parent who fancies it, every night for a month? You have GOT to be kidding!!!!

Oh I don't think she's kidding. She seems to think that's perfectly reasonable.

Yellow you have yet to explain to me how I see all the parents in this one month period, when I have over 300. Perhaps I could get a sleeping bag and park it in the school? I bet the smiles are out at the school on the days your dh “works remotely”. You can’t really believe this wank, can you? I imagine I have cared for, nourished and supported more children in my career than your dh has even met this far. Burning your staff out with parental meetings won’t make things better for the children.

I’d have zero respect for a headteacher than worked from home most of the week. A good head should be visible and available for students and staff. If it’s possible, i’d have even less respect if they expected me to be available for 14 hour days when they don’t even have the grace to turn up to work for normal school hours.

It has to be a wind up, right? Because how would any parent or student CLIENTS have any respect for a headteacher that didn’t even know the children he was responsible for, because they work remotely? The best thing about my children’s Head is that she knows my kids (and all of ‘her children’) inside out.

Not rude at all. Reading between the lines, that's a headteacher who's fed up to the back teeth of entitled parents.

@Kolo

DH visits the school reguarly to undertake learning walks and monitor the output of staff, which allows him to also speak to pupils. He is also able to use the hi-tech technology in the school to remotely 'drop in' on any area of the school including any lesson.

YellowFish, please stop! I know you think you're painting a great picture of some sort of educational Nirvana, but you are actually doing the opposite.
If it's your intention to piss people on here off, then well done. It's worked.
I'm off to bed.

Ohmygodthatisthecreepiestfuckingthingiveeverheard! Parents give permission for that? The unions? Oh let me guess, staff are persuaded not to join unions... Staff do not respect your head let’s be clear. Unless he needs to spend his time away on dialysis or something like that.

Anyone else picturing the Demon Headmaster?
"I think the Headmaster is a marvellous man and this is the best school I've ever been to".

A head teacher should be on site to support children and staff at all times, especially during parents evenings. If a parent wants to discuss an issue then the head will need to be there to do this

I’m so glad neither of my kids go to or dh doesn’t teach in a school like that.

No, to be fair, it's a thing.

Some wazzock setting up a 'school' is very much happening.

I'm abroad & it happens a lot. If they can deliver, good luck to 'em. If not...well, that's not great for the kids they're pretending to teach.

If I were still in the U.K., I'd be very wary. Yellow & her dh would have to provide concrete evidence that they could actually deliver sound educational outcomes.

It just sounds like there is something in the water - stepford school. Really very creepy if it’s oossible to take it seriously.
I can only assume it is a ruse to create laughs for us all ?

undertake learning walks
monitor the output of staff
Poor bastards. Of course schools like that hellhole won't recognise unions.

A learning walk conducted by someone from a business background who almost certainly knows fuck-all about how to teach children.