Okay, now let's hear from the other side. I am a teacher and have recently had an opposite experience with this same situation. I have a policy in place where grades below a B are signed and returned, so that I know that they have been seen. I also have a policy where the students must have a No Homework slip signed by the parent for each assignment that was not completed. Again, so that the parent was aware of the situation. After repeated violations, and grades beginnig to slip, I called the parent to set up a meeting. This meeting was mainly to bring to the parent's attention that there was an issue and to find out the reason for it and for us to come up with a plan together to get this child back on track. After speaking to the parent, in which the conversation went great, we both agreed that there was something going on that needed to be corrected. This parent then called my supervisor regarding the fact that I hadn't called home or communicated with her prior to this. She told them that she had no idea that this was going on. Okay, so I communicated the grades, the missed assignments, both through writing. I also communicated over the phone my concerns. The end result? The morning of the meeting, I received a note stating that the parent had to cancel and hasn't set up an appointment since. It has been three weeks gone by. Do I call this parent again? If so, what do I say, since she was upset with me to begin with? In the meantime, this child has not missed any assignments and has been receiving all grades above a C. I would like to hear what you think about my policy. Do you think that this is an appropriate way to communicate? I am always up for change and would like to hear some ideas and opinions. I know that not all parents work this way. I have many terrific parents that keep in touch or drop me a little note on a test to let me know what is going on. I always appreciate hearing from the parent. Sometimes the parent will write, Jake only studied for about 5 minutes. Or they might say, I think that Jake really understood this material and I am concerned.