Parents’ homework: Find perfect teacher for kids Posted on July 27th
Tomi Hall did what she could to lobby for the best teachers for her two children, making her case this spring in letters to the principal.
Then all she could do was wait for news of their classroom assignments—and it’s been excruciating.
The Aurora mom knows her efforts carry no guarantees. One year her son didn’t get the teacher Hall had hoped for, and he struggled for months with one whose relaxed style came across to him as uncaring.
“Granted, I know it’s just kindergarten,” said Hall, 39. “But … a teacher can make or break you.”
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