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We have all had to deal with "those" parents at various times in our career but what do you do when "that" parent is also your principal? This is 2nd grade and he is new to the school, so is his mother, the principal.
Anonymous Regular On 3/23/17, no name but a regular wrote: > We have all had to deal with "those" parents at various times in > our career but what do you do when "that" parent is also your > principal? This is 2nd grade and he is new to the school, so is > his mother, the principal.

Hoo boy, that's a sticky wicket! Without k...See More
Mar 25, 2017
OP Child is a behavior problem because parents are helicopter parents. Child doesn't want to do the assigned project and parent/principal demands that the teacher provide a list of alternative projects that the child can do. Child doesn't want to go to teacher A for reading so parent/principal wants the whole grade to re-vamp their reading program so ...See More
Mar 26, 2017
to op On 3/26/17, OP wrote: > Child is a behavior problem because parents are helicopter > parents. Child doesn't want to do the assigned project and > parent/principal demands that the teacher provide a list of > alternative projects that the child can do. Child doesn't want to > go to teacher A for reading so parent/principal wants the w...See More
Mar 26, 2017
judycaret Good advice, but I wouldn't want to take the chance of
alienating my principal. I'm a chicken and don't like
controversy. It's the end of March; you're on the
downslope. I'd let it go and survive the rest of the year
the best I could.

For example: *I would quietly tell the boy your school is
a caring and considerate place a...See More
Mar 26, 2017
Hate to threadjack but... I tried to post a new message and see that there's a new form. I wrote the message but there was no way to post message! Any ideas???

On 3/26/17, judycaret wrote: > Good advice, but I wouldn't want to take the chance of > alienating my principal. I'm a chicken and don't like > controversy. It's the end of March; you're on the >...See More
Mar 26, 2017


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