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By anne

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!