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agree By anne
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I agree with Colleen. I have dealt with principals that have not wanted to deal with "difficult" children, which in many instances, also had "difficult" parents. I, too, had several instances that I felt that the principal| should have to deal with personally (sexual harrassment of one student to another). While I dealt with this situation (as best as possible) inside my classroom, the principal should have addressed it with the students involved. Anyway, I wrote letters/notes to the principal explaining what was happening and made copy of those notes for my files. When, eventually, the parents (of the | | child that was getting harrassed)came to the school to complain to the principal (I told the parent-in a note and through phone calls that I had done all that I could legally do), the principal tried to act as if she didn't know that these instances occurred. Sure enough, I expected this, and brought the notes that I wrote to the principal regarding this matter. I hated to make her look foolish in front of the parents, but I was NOT going to take the blame for this! Anyway, to make a long story short, I would make sure that you make notes and send to the principal. If he/she refuses to do anything, then when something really major happens you will have your back up. While I think that this is a horrible situation to be put in, you have to watch out for yourself. Good Luck and know that you aren't alone!anne
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