DD's third grade teacher made the entire class read Boxcar Children books for the first 6+ weeks of school. DD read the first one in a couple days, so she went onto book #2, then #3, then 4, etc. Meanwhile other kids were still on #1. Would it really have been hard for the teacher to tell her "Ok, choose whatever you want now" after Boxcar #1? Talk about a wasted 6 weeks! The teacher knew that some kids were beyond that level, and that it was TOO HARD for other kids (there are at least two kids in her class who still can't read at all), but still, everyone had to read (or try to read) Boxcar Children books. I can see this for the first few days if she was in the process of assessing people, but 6+ weeks?
Hopefully your meeting goes well, let us know.
