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[quote]This is telling, because it suggests to me the school system is corrupt at the principal level and above. How can a principal allow this to happen to their teachers? I know that teachers that speak up are at fear of losing their job, but it is completely unacceptable to ignore verbal and physical abuse. This is a clear line that the principal needs to draw and initiate suspension, followed by expulsion if repeated. Multiple posts here are suggesting that they don't want to do that because it would look bad in the books and they don't want inconvenient data points. But that is exactly what full blown corruption is.

Teachers and others, what can we as parents do to help here? Are there options for parents to come together and help the teachers take back their school? If multiple parents at schools organize and protest when things like this happen, it should result in pressure on the principal to do the right thing. I definitely think that parents as a group need to make the principal accountable through any means, including legal action if necessary. If the principal is not assigning consequences to threats or violence against teachers (never mind other kids), they are not promoting a safe environment. If teachers have to worry about safety, and they cannot speak up for what's right, who else can do it but the parents?[/quote]

The Code of Conduct is very gray.  If a kid has an IEP, the matter becomes more complicated.  While I love your support, if there aren't enough teachers banning together and documenting (both publicly for student behavior and "privately" with regard to other matters), nothing will get done. We are complainers expected to follow our duties. in other words, good little soldiers . . .

Most principals today are spineless. Many, like teachers, are trapped by a salary they won't see elsewhere and an excellent benefits package. Others are simply brainwashed b/c they've been "raised" by the system during a time when autonomy had already been stripped away.

I've spoken up over the years - always supported by colleagues privately, NEVER publicly.  So what's the use?

The system is damaged beyond repair.  No online program will "fix" the gap.  Restorative practices (I'm trained through tier two . . . ) are a sad excuse for disciplinary measures.  And our definition of collaborative planning is nothing I recognize!

Lockstep all the way, which means you're either all in or all out

I don't want to push you away, PP, but I've been doing this for a long time. It's gotten worse each year. 
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