Question....would it concern you....

[laurasmom]

if your daughter was the only girl in her class?

Laura is the only girl in her class. Student wise, she has a female teacher and parapro in the class. I just wish she had at least one other female student.

Now I am wondering if this should be a great enough concern to address with the school. I don't know where they would get another female student, maybe pull one out of their hat?

But at least some other contact with other female students could be provided?

What do you think?
Sharon

[Emilysmom]

Oh yes Sharon........I wouldn't like that at all! I would really want another girl for Laura to hang out with! Surely they could rearrange the classes a bit so that a different teacher would have a few of the boys in Laura's class and Laura's teacher could have a few extra girls!
How does Laura feel about it?

Susan

[laurasmom]

Right now it doesn't bother Laura. But we are only 2 weeks into the school year. I think that it will start bothering her soon.

Sharon

[hannahph]

Hannah has been the only girl in her class for four years! The boys are wonderful to her but she is not getting the girl interaction. What we did was during her recess she has been going into other classrooms to play with the girls. She loves it and was even included in a field trip with them.


oops- just realized your daughters are older. Hannah is only in third grade.Could your girls go to other classes for non academic things?

[Connie]

Sharon,

Is Laura in Middle School or High School. Could she go into the home ec classes such as sewing or cooking with girls?

How included is she?

If she's in a self contained room your right it could be difficult to pull one out of the hat...but what about a peer mentor being a girl?

Connie

[Chester]

It would concern me, especially because of her age. Connie had some great ideas.

Dawn

[momofrussell]

yes.. I think some peer or student mentoring with another girl or group of girls could be a GREAT option! And yes... she could be pulled into a class, like Connie mentioned, that could facilitate some female bonding.

I don't know if it would bother me or not really. But it would be nice for some "balance" for Laura.

A.

[Chris too]

Does Laura have friends outside of school that are girls? Is she in any clubs or part of any groups or take any classes (dance, music, breakdancing) where she can interact with girls? Honestly, I wouldn't worry at all. There's absolutely nothing at all wrong with most of her friends being boys, especially since her very best friend in the whole world forever is her little sis Kelly. Kelly will make sure that her sister is properly feminine - it's what sisters are for. If you don't make a deal out of it, she probably won't even think about it at all.

Chris too

[CC]

How do you think your daughter feels about it?? Is the program a great fit otherwise??

For my kids, Chris would LOVE a class with all girls and him being the only boy OMG he loves the ladies LOLOL Actually the same would go with my girl Kodi Lee she loves the boys, so she would be fine if ever one of her classes only had boys ;D

I would go on how well you love the program in general there are always other resources to have girl pals around KWIM

Just my thoughts

CC ~

[laurasnowbird]

CC,

ROTFL!!!!

[Chris]

My older daughter (typical) went to a private school with only three other girls in her class. The three girls were of a different race and really didn't include my daughter in their after school activities. While Alyssa has always gotten along well with boys, she was missing out on those close female friendships.

It bothered me enough to change schools. It was a tough decision but the right one for my daughter.

Sarah is in a special ed class and there are far more boys than girls but she does have a few girls in the class. I know she will probably always be outnumbered if I keep her in a self-contained class.

Chris