Third grader keeps coming home complaining about the lunchroom and recess staff
My daughter is about to turn 9. She's in the third grade. She's been having lunch in the luncb room since kindergarten and we've never heard a word of complaint. Up until now, all her experiences with the school staff has been positive, but most of this school year, she's been complaining about getting five minutes of recess time taken away from her class for being too loud in the lunchroom, or whispering "while the lights were off". I assume the lights being off is their signal to quiet down. On one occasion my daughter was given five minutes off her recess time because she was whispering while in line to go outside. At least twice a week, my daughter comes home complaining that time had been taken off of recess for her whole class simply for the volume in the lunchroom.
Also, they were told they should "be ashamed of themselves" for how loud they were being.
I don't really know what to think of this. On one hand, my kid is a chatty kathy, but on the other hand, shouldn't lunch time be the one time she's allowed to chat? And her whole class seems to constantly be "in punishment" for being loud, according to my kid of course.
I understand kids get loud and they talk when they are supposed to be listening, but obviously taking away their state mandated recess time isn't working. Its also upsetting my daughter to the point where she's still thinking about it at bedtime. She's genuinely hurt, since its not always her that's the problem, but her whole class. She wants to know why she's being punished for somethimg she can't personally control. Five minutes seems like nothing, but recess is only 20 minutes, so thats a whole 25% of time.
Would I be over reacting if I sent an email? I'm not against consequences for bad behavior at school, but the frequency that this is happening just doesn't seem right.
editting to add: She was given 5 minutes off her recess time today for PLAYING TAG on the playground? I don't understand that at all. Definitely sending an email about that, but should I mention the other stuff?