I like Binx too!
So I've decided to ask for a different teacher for ds. The more I discuss this situation with people the more I realize that, while ds can be a huge PITA for any teacher to deal with, this teacher has crossed several boundaries with both ds and I. He already has boundary issues, and a teacher who also has boundary issues is not going to be good for him. There is a 4th grade teacher that ds already has a good relationship with, so I'm going to ask for her. I need to be able to present a united front with whomever the teacher is and I can't do that with this one. She is just too out of line too often, and I wouldn't pretend that something is acceptable when it isn't, even if ds couldn't read me like a book anyway. So...any tips on how to broach this subject diplomatically? I'm not trying to start .... with this teacher, I just don't want her anywhere near my child, and I don't know quite how to tactfully put that. (Tact being the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they anticipate the trip.)