The fun just never ends, does it?

January 31, 2006

Ms. -----:

At 8:01pm and 8:06pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, I received two prank phone calls. The first came up as a restricted number, and the second came from telephone number ###-###-####. The caller’s voice sounded the same during both calls. I traced the second call to:

---- -----
--- E --th St
New York, NY 100--

The first conversation was muddled and hard to understand. I could only make out the word “bitch” as the caller hung up. The second conversation went as follows:

Me: Hello?
Caller: Yes? Ms. K---?
Me: Yes, this is she.
Caller: Um, was there any homework today?
Me: I was out sick today. Who is this?
Caller: Yeah, ok. You fucking hoe. You fucking bitch. (laughter)
(I hung up.)

I wanted to make you aware that these phone calls were placed, in hopes that you would speak to your sons about the company they keep and the way they choose to spend their free time. Please make it clear to them that I could easily press charges for harassment and involve the teacher’s union in this incident. I gave my telephone number out to my students and their families because it is important to me that I am accessible for questions or concerns about my class and homework. Their actions merely punish a dedicated teacher, and such abuse of that privilege is intolerable. The time that I have spent on those phone calls, the number tracing, and this letter are time taken away from the grading and lesson planning that I was in the middle of.

Please contact me as soon as possible to acknowledge that you have received this letter.

Thank you,