Let me third the "be the reasonable one" advice.

You've done a pretty good job with that so far, from what you've reported. Just keep doing what you're doing-- you responded appropriately (with serious questions related to your responsibilities as a parent) re: the assignment that you should have been able to discuss with the classroom teacher.

The response was over-the-top nutso, and you also pointed out that a "meeting" would be an enormous waste of everyone's time for something that SHOULD be simple and not even involve administration.

Do you have any idea what role the classroom teacher is playing in all of this? Is it even remotely possible that s/he has kicked this up to administration because of feeling that she can't cope?


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.