had tried a number of ways to solve our differences. One major problem was this teacher’s rude treatment of me in front of the children. She had very poor communication skills, making it extremely difficult to have a discussion about anything we disagreed on. In the past I had tried to help her improve in this area. I tried giving her time to think about a subject before we spoke. No matter how much time I gave her she never came prepared. I also tried giving her written communication. This did not end well. She wrote an angry response, put the letter in my mail box, and then went on vacation for a week. I repeatedly asked the Program Coordinator to sit with us to help resolve our issues. This was met with vague answers of “when I
