POST: am I in trouble? HELP!!

I was recently called into the office by my principal.
She made clear to me that another principal from another
campus was upset at me. I worked a seminar that is for
new teachers. One of the teachers from this school asked
what my opinion was about the school. I simply stated
that ___________ middle school is a rough school, but if
you set high expectations and have good classroom
management then you will do fine. I even told him and the
girl that was listening that my school was rough. I went
on to say that I like at-risk students because they
are "real" and they know what life is about. Well the girl
that was listening quit on the first day when the students
came. The new teacher seminar was about a month ago, but
she blames me that I was the one that bad mouthed the
school she was at and she said i was the reason why she
quit. I do not know this girl from adam. Well my
principal wants me to apologize in a written letter to the
principal of the other school. But my thinking is if I
had that much influence on this girl then she would have
quit after the seminar. She waited until after the first
week teachers came back and everything. I think she is
using me as a scapegoat. I do not want my name smeared
across the district with that letter. I do not want that
letter misconstrued. I did not do anything wrong. She
took my comment out of context. How do I tell my
principal that I do not want to write the letter? What if
she makes me? What if she thinks I am ashamed to write
it? If I had done something wrong I would be the first to
admit it, but I did not. The letter, if I write it, looks
like I am admitting to something that I did not do.

Posts on this thread, including this one

am I in trouble? HELP!!, 8/27/05, by scared.
Re: am I in trouble? HELP!!, 8/28/05, by anon.
Re: am I in trouble? HELP!!, 1/10/06, by Jasmine.
Re: am I in trouble? HELP!!, 4/16/06, by josie.
Re: am I in trouble? HELP!!, 8/29/06, by flyingdove.