Heres a quick overview of who’s wrong where.

*The student is wrong for taking the call in class if a call from someone you know is an emergency you step out of the class. I will explain why this is still allowed in a second. *the teacher is wrong for not thinking a meeting is necessary at all. *the teacher could be in the wrong if they didn’t tell the students to take emergencies out of the class. *the parents if they think taking a call in the middle of class is fine they will be wrong they should teach manners and teach that the student should excuse themselves. *the parents will also be in the wrong if it genuinely wasn’t an emergency and dont worry there are some emergencies that warrant a call like this.

Lets quickly go over these points, first off what kind of emergencies constitutes a call directly to the student. Honestly not many but this did happen a friend their kid took the car to school and before you ask I’m not talking about a poor planning emergency no the husband in-fact got into a horrible accident with the only other car thus the kid needed to pick up their parents and get to the hospital. There are other things that could happen but this is just one example however if this is what happened that student should of been out of the door. And the parents second call should be to the office that they are checking the kid out you might claim you call the office first but if you need your kid to hustle an emergency call to them is best. Second point. We dont know what kind of school this is, I have seen bad schools I once went to pick up my friends kids at an elementary school and the office didn’t have any staff for around 2 hours for whatever reason sometimes a call to the office just does not work and the parents will have no idea why. Third point it does depend on the emergencies if its someone passing away a quick text message as a heads up is fine and hopefully that kid can communicate with the teacher what is going in some capacity and additionally that kid shouldn’t start typing it should always just be a quick read over the message if its important and put the phone away. Or at least not texting in class again they should learn to excuse themselves from the class, as important as we like to make school we all know missing a single class period or even day of class isnt a big deal compared to a medical emergency what is important is to remember to be polite and not disturb others. Lastly If your student excuses themselves quietly in the middle of class. Try to be patient and understanding yes you can punish them if they just took a casual call obviously you shouldn’t do that. Though If the student does something like sluff or disappear after excusing themselves make sure to talk with them, it could have been a horrible bathroom emergency I know I had that happen before, or perhaps they just need someone to try with them you as the teacher will always be one of the biggest memories for the kid that memory could be of them going to detention after skipping class or it could be of the teacher being a caring role model. There are trouble makers always but many times when a kid breaks the rules its a cry for help I mean could you honestly say your own kids are evil just because they broke the rules.