Last fall, our daughter Alexandria (Alex) started kindergarten at Cedar Grove Elementary in Smryna, TN. Of course, at first, we were apprehensive with all of the things a parent might be concerned with our first child beginning public school. Would she make friends? Enjoy school? Would her teacher be good with kids and instruct them well? Would Alex prove to be smarter than a brick? :) I needn't have worried Alex's teacher, Mrs. Anthony was a wonderful teacher and Alex was really enjoying school and is apparently many many times smarter than a brick. She looked forward to going to school and loved her classmates and especially her teacher.

About a month ago all of that changed. Mrs. Anthony's husband had a job offer he couldn't refuse in their hometown and Mrs. Anthony left. We worried about the effect this would have on her class, especially our little girl, of course. But we were hopeful that our worries would be unfounded again. Alex's new teacher is Mrs. Rogers. After her first day replacing Mrs. Anthony, I asked Alex what she thought of Mrs. Rogers. "She yells a lot", replied Alex. This furrowed my brow a bit, but I didn't think much of it. Hopefully just a reaction to a change of scenery. But, almost every day there-after Alex would come home telling us about Mrs. Rogers yelling. Alex began coming home "sick" about this time too. So now we're concerned. Alex no longer looks forward to going to school. My wife talked with some administrator a couple weeks back when picking up our daughter early because "her belly hurt". The administrator was concerned because she noticed that Alex had been going home "sick" a lot. Sue explained the situation to her and she promised that she'd have the principal look into it. Perhaps sit in on a class. To this point he hasn't and I've discovered that he has his own personal scandal brewing and is also trying to get promoted to superintendent or some such. And now this morning another parent has come to the school with a daughter who's symptoms are remarkably similar to Alex's and had a confrontation with Mrs. Rogers. Apparently it was a bit heated. Sue has also had conversations with other parents expressing concern.

All in all, not a good time to be a kid trying to lay the foundation for the rest of her education at Cedar Grove Elementary. I'm not sure how to proceed and try and get everything resolved. Hopefully things will get straightened out there soon. Of course, only another month and we can put kindergarten behind us and look forward to first grade. God, I hope Alex gets a good teacher... who's husband already has a great job.