North Cobb High School
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1/17/2013
I must disagree with the comment left on 10/10/2011. My daughter is the Magnet Program (commentor stated hers was also an honor student), but over the last three years I have had to request two conferences with issues of two different teachers' classroom teaching (or lack thereof in one case) styles. Scheduled conferences are held with the specific teacher, the student's assigned counselor, student, parent, and an administrator if the issue is deemed serious enough. I asked about why I couldn't just meet with the teacher, but this seems to be NCHS policy. The issue was taken VERY seriously and a follow-up meeting was scheduled with an administrator from the actual school district's ooffice located in Marietta. My daughter would come home and explain that an "observer" was now in her class. This lasted for several weeks. Of course, my daughter also said the teacher was on her toes but did announce to the students one day the observer wasn't there that no one was to say ANYTHING negative to the observer (who talked privately to each student about the teacher). Some were scared to say anything negative, but my daughter said through her grapevine that several told the truth. A friend's child had the same teacher the next semester and although less frequently, the observations continued. I felt that although this was minimal benefit to my daughter as our conference was scheduled 3/4 through the semester, I feel that future students will benefit from the school's IMMEDIATE actions. Helping all people in our community is something I have tried to instill in my children. This happened during the 2011-2012 school year with one of the Spanish 3 teachers. Please comment if your child saw any improvement in their Spanish 3 teacher last year (no teacher names I think is probably a rule or I would have added her name). B. Monahan
Abhd | Marietta, GA