I can see why you are upset. But I am not sure what will be done
about it. You can go to the principal. The Para smokes on campus
which is grounds for dismissal in my school. She lied to you and
did not follow the parents instructions.
But the truth of the matter is unless the principal backs you up
and dismisses her you will have a very long year ahead of you.
I think your idea of calling her and finding out why she let the
child go swimming if she knew he shouldn't is a good idea. Then
put it behind both of you and go forward. We can't live without
Para's but living with them isn't always easy. I know I have
three. :-)

On 11/06/09, to no big deal?? wrote:
> On 11/06/09, no big deal wrote:
>> No doubt she forgot the child did not have permission to
>> swim. Talk to her but don't accuse. It could happen happen to
>> any of us. She made a mistake. The child is fine. Try out
>> work it out.
>
> WHAT!!!! "Stressed" stated that the parent explicitly stated
> that they did not want the child to swim. The para then
> LIED!!!! about having a signed permission slip. If she had
> said, "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry I forgot that Joey couldn't go
> swimming!" and taken the TEACHERS seriously then maybe it would
> be more forgivable. This seems like a case of the assistant
> being out of line and refusing to accept responsibility for her
> actions. Sorry, but this is a big deal and it sounds like there
> might be some other underlying issues. You might say, the child
> is fine...but WHAT IF the child was injured. Who would be
> ultimately responsible? The teacher. Who has to explain to the
> parent why their child was in the pool? The teacher. Rather
> than apologize and accept that she was WRONG or made an error,
> she called in sick, AGAIN this is avoiding her responsibility
> for her error.
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