HS principals

[Anonymous]

If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

[Anonymous]

This is awful- I would email again and again. Then if you don’t hear in a week- show up. Unacceptable! Which high school? I’m sorry.

[Anonymous]

Unless the issue is ABOUT the grade level administrator, then that’s who you contact, not the principal.

If it’s about a specific class or teacher, you contact the teacher first, then the department head, then the AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

Copy their Director on the email. No excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

If no response, try to meet up with them as they are headed into school building or leaving at night. But we all know, can't predict those times nor be available to try to align with their crazy schedules. What happened emailing the Asst Principal?

[Anonymous]

Grade level administrator already said I needed to speak to the principal. Not about a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless the issue is ABOUT the grade level administrator, then that’s who you contact, not the principal.

If it’s about a specific class or teacher, you contact the teacher first, then the department head, then the AP.

This. And if it is about the grade level administrator, leave a specific message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grade level administrator already said I needed to speak to the principal. Not about a teacher.

Follow up with grade level admin and ask him to talk to principal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

Do you have a PTSA? Go to the meeting. The principal usually goes to these and you can reach out after the meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

What school? If you know the school then you can look up that principal’s supervisor and include them on your outreach which will likely force the principal to respond.

[Anonymous]

DP. Our PTA never advertises meeting to school community. It seems only the loquacious PTA Exec Board meet with principal.

[Anonymous]

Send the email to the principal's secretary.

[Anonymous]

Assuming you already spoke to grade level admin, you email both grade level and principal and on email make clear the grade level administrator said you contact the principal. Also state clearly yup have tried to do this but X secretary name keeps routing you back to grade level administrator. After this request a meeting scheduled. Save the email and if on 48 working hours you have not hear back file a complaint from public form,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you email your high schooler’s principal, do they respond?

I’m having a dickens of a time getting the principal of my child’s HS to respond. If I call, the admin secretary refuses to leave a message and says to reach out to the grade level assistant principal.

This is an issue that ONLY the main principal can address. But after multiple emails, I at a loss of how to get in contact with them. Going in person to schedule a call seems aggressive and would require taking off work, but I will do it if I can guarantee I will be able to schedule a call.

Copy their Director on the email. No excuse.

+1

[Anonymous]

I think you need to start looking at this less as a matter of customer service and more as working a large bureaucracy.

So, what about asking the grade level administrator to forward your message with a note saying they had already suggested you speak directly to the principal?

Work the chain rather than making demands, and I think you will get a better response.