Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Go Back                 Case Posted on October 19, 2015 3:30 am Add to Favorites ZujaTa Reps: 76 Inappropriate Comments from a Parent At the school I teach at there is a parent that is consistently walking their student all the way to the classroom and shares very unwarranted, unwanted and inappropriate comments with a few female teachers in the building. They are all choosing to just ignore him/hide from him when they see him walking down the hall. What would you recommend I do about the situation?                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.                 Solution 1 Posted October 19, 2015 3:38 am Jamika Harvey Reps: 78 I would definitely report this to administration and ask that they not allow him to walk down the hall. That would ensure that you are covered in the event that a situation occurs. That is a form of harassment. The administration should be concerned about the well-being of their teachers and willing to handle the situation immediately. Votes: +46 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Kady Schlemmer Reps: 202 Yes, definitely seek support from administration.   Posted on: July 9, 2016 6:23 pm yZaHuM Reps: 100 This kind of situation is not one you should handle yourself. Seek help from administration.   Posted on: October 8, 2016 4:28 pm yJuhuv Reps: 100 If I were in this situation, this is what I would do.   Posted on: October 14, 2018 11:31 pm Add a Comment                 Solution 2 Posted November 1, 2015 5:50 pm yvesat Reps: 100 This is definitely something that needs to be handled by your administration. It needs to be reported so that they are made aware of it. I would also suggest having it in writing via e-mail so if the administration does not deal with the problem and a situation occurs, you can later say that they new of the problem and did not do anything because you have the e-mail to prove that they were informed. Votes: +12 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 3 Posted October 19, 2015 3:46 am WubuLe Reps: 100 I would definitely have to bring this to the attention of my principal and ensure that I would not allow the safety of my students to be compromised by him. He may need to only be in the office if he cannot maintain himself without being inappropriate. Votes: +6 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution LuLyHa Reps: 226 If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this.   Posted on: July 10, 2016 6:16 pm Add a Comment                 Solution 4 Posted October 10, 2016 12:51 am uVejeg Reps: 205 I would recommend that the people who are feeling uncomfortable need to report it to administration immediately. While they have felt it best to ignore and hide, that has not helped solve the problem and has made the whole situation even more uncomfortable. The person may not realize that what they are doing is causing a problem. While it may be obvious to everyone else involved, he may be oblivious. Administration can talk to him and let him know how they have decided to handle the situation. That may mean he is given a warning to stop so that he has a chance to modify his behavior. I feel that he should be allowed to walk his child to class as that helps children feel secure and safe transitioning from home to school. Votes: +6 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 5 Posted February 24, 2016 7:05 pm anuhag Reps: 201 First of all I would say that if you are hearing this and are this uncomfortable with it then it is harming your work environment as well. On that note, I would report the parent to the office and have them go from there with it. Any parent should not be talking to any staff member in an inappropriate way and or making staff feel uncomfortable. Votes: +2 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 6 Posted February 26, 2016 12:00 am MaXuDe Reps: 200 Do not take matters into your own hands. Report this parent to administration and talk to some of the teachers that are experiencing this behavior to gather their feelings and come forth about them. Votes: +2 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 7 Posted February 28, 2016 6:17 pm Thomas Anderson Reps: 104 At one of the schools I teach parents are to be off campus or in the front office after the first bell rings. Parents are not to walk their children to class, any parent regardless of rude harassing comments is to not be on campus after first bell. You will not even have to address the parent's inappropriate behavior if your school implements this rule. If a parent wishes to aid their students class they must register as volunteer with the school board. Parents and community members may also sign in as visitors and must provide ID and purpose. In either case permission of the classroom teacher must be given. Administration should always be notified in issues involving parents. Votes: +2 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 8 Posted February 23, 2016 3:47 am apazeR Reps: 200 Bringing this to the attention of administration would be best in this case. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 9 Posted February 25, 2016 11:52 pm aNaQev Reps: 201 Alerting administration and having them present would be a great step in the right direction. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 10 Posted March 5, 2016 9:28 pm WuzyJa Reps: 203 The teachers need to report this, especially since they are as you say hiding from this parent. From your description, the parent does not seem to be very approachable, so I would definitely report it. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 11 Posted October 16, 2016 9:09 pm ytupyQ Reps: 208 That is harassment. Talk to administration and try to get them to address the situation!!!! Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 12 Posted February 22, 2016 2:49 pm zyWute Reps: 201 Tell an administrator, such as the principal about this parent. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 13 Posted February 29, 2016 2:09 am XaSaPe Reps: 200 Notify the administration immediately. Hopefully they will speak to the parent, and if it continues not allow him to walk the child to class. By reporting this to administration, you are covering yourself. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 14 Posted February 29, 2016 2:28 am uJasuX Reps: 203 I would submit a formal complaint and try to get it so that he may only walk his kid to the front of the school. If the comments are inappropriate, and especially if they are in front of young children, he could get in serious trouble. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 15 Posted March 7, 2016 1:53 am useZyt Reps: 207 This should be taken up with the principle immediately. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 16 Posted March 7, 2016 3:09 am beSade Reps: 104 I would definitely go to the school principal or even the school resource officer (SRO). If teachers are feeling uncomfortable with him and feel as though they should hide from him, obviously he is a danger. Tell the principal and SRO what the other teachers have said and if you have seen anything. If the other teachers would go in and talk to the SRO, that would be awesome! Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 17 Posted July 8, 2016 3:29 am eHebah Reps: 210 I would respectfully explain that children are around and this is a work place. If that doesn't work I would get together with another teacher and see the administration. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 18 Posted October 4, 2016 11:42 pm yDyjuB Reps: 203 Not matter which route you choose to take, inform administration of the situation. Depending on the color of the comments, it may be appropriate to directly address the parent in private. Before talking to the parent plan your conversation and get feedback from colleagues. If you do not believe that you can politely ask the parent to stop or the conversation has no affect, ask administration to take action. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 19 Posted October 8, 2016 3:35 am yHaReH Reps: 209 It is important to keep in mind that we are working towards having a safe and caring community for all of our students in our school. Reporting the situation to administration is key to uphold that goal. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 20 Posted October 9, 2016 12:53 pm uzyXuV Reps: 208 I would have administration be there when the parent walks in. He will know the game is over Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 21 Posted February 21, 2017 12:07 am aMyvaz Reps: 201 Absolutely report this to administration! This parent should have contact with administration for this inappropriate behavior. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 22 Posted July 2, 2018 2:45 pm Markelle Maddock Reps: 100 This is super uncool. I would definitely go straight to administration to let them know what is happening. It is not okay for the female teachers to not feel comfortable in their workplace. If the father cannot keep his comments to himself, then he doesn't need to be walking down the hall or maybe he'd like to walk with the resource officer to talk about why he thinks harassment is okay. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 23 Posted February 25, 2018 11:48 pm uHubaT Reps: 202 I would start by reporting it to the administration or the campus police officer. If no action is taken by them, then maybe you could try meeting the student at the front door of the school and offering to walk the student in yourself. This would only work if you had another teacher in your classroom to monitor the other students, though. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 24 Posted February 26, 2018 4:28 am qyGaQa Reps: 173 Tell the parent this type of behavior is unacceptable by anyone in the school. If the problem seems to persist, I would make administration aware of what is going on and letting them handle it accordingly. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 25 Posted October 12, 2018 11:29 pm baGyvy Reps: 100 I would definitely go and say something to the teacher. It is definitely something that should not be acceptable in a school environment especially since there are children present. I would definitely make sure to tell administration. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 26 Posted February 18, 2020 9:52 pm agutyT Reps: 100 Ignoring the man will just continue to enable him, administration needs to be contacted and he needs to be confronted about his situation and how inappropriate it is. Don't be aggressive, but communicate your concerns to him with other teachers and staff present. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 27 Posted October 19, 2015 3:47 am WubuLe Reps: 100 Definitely include your principal do not approach him by yourself. Votes: +0 / -1 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 28 Posted February 25, 2016 10:12 pm punybu Reps: 201 I would approach the parent and kindly tell him that some of their comments made to other teachers, especially female, are not appropriate for the school environment. If this does not work and the parent continues to make inappropriate comments then I would report him to administration. Since, it doesn't seem that this is a parent of one of your students then I would try not to get too involved. Another possible solution could be you talking as well as the teacher that teaches the parent's child. Votes: +0 / -10 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution LuLyHa Reps: 226 I would never do this! This is wrong!   Posted on: July 10, 2016 6:15 pm Add a Comment                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.