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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm fully in support of sanctioning principals who  think they can break the rules (such as ignoring mandatory training policies).

But I'm not sure the current set of policies are effective.  I told my (AA) husband about the incident and he was really annoyed.

He said that he had two (AA) friends as a kid.  Some troublemakers ran up to both of them separately and taunted them with the N word.  One friend started chasing the troublemakers, threatening them, etc.  And the other just repeated the word back to them calmly.  From that point, the trouble makers kept harassing the first friend and basically just ignored the second.  They were looking for response and got it from one but not the other.

I don't know how to reconcile this with our current situation.  I certainly can't support a decision to not penalize troublemakers and not support those who were targeted.  But it seems like it needs to be done matter-of-factly and consistently.  But without the emotion that we've been displaying recently.   [/quote]

No one was targeted.

A black student printed out the word 1000 times on a printer and 2 staff found it. Didn’t notify the principal for 2 days.

A black student wrote the n word on a desk and another student eventually found it and reported it to the teacher who took a picture. Notified the principal the next day.

Both situations were then sent out via letter by the principal the day after he found out. [/quote]

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