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Whoah, back up a second there - the problem didn't start with the Dean, it was caused by the student who stole candy that was intended as a prop for a classroom exercise, with callous disregard of ruining the exercise for the whole class.  The Dean didn't just randomly swoop in out of nowhere and for no reason whatsoever.  That student demonstrated criminal behavior, demonstrated fundamental disrespect of fellow classmates, disrespect of the teacher and staff, and disrespect of the classroom and of the school.  It's behavior totally unacceptable coming from an 8th grader.  And yet you don't think that kind of awful behavior is an issue and instead all you have to complain about is the Dean, whose job it is to make sure that kind of behavior isn't repeated?[/quote]

Mischief  vs misconduct...there is a big difference[/quote]

I agree, and it might not even have been mischief, and it might not even have been those students

ok, and now that we have THAT straight, to the PP above

do you think maybe the child did not know it was the teacher's candy? 
(I believe that, because no 8th grader would mess with a teacher's candy)

do you think maybe the child also did not know it was intended as a "prop?"
(I believe that, because no 8th grader would mess with a teacher's instructional materials, no matter how delicious)

Were you there when............ the Dean "swooped in" and scared the kids so much that the one who did not realize that it was the teacher's candy, or that it was intended as a "prop" in a lesson, got too scared to admit it?
  
Were you there when.......the kids were ordered to toss the room to look for it while he and the teacher stepped out?  Do you think that how diligent the children were in looking for said candy might have stifled any possible confession?
Were you there when...... the Dean said, to the entire section after the unsuccessful search,
[b]behaving absolutely awfully, unethically, and unprofessionally[/b]
 "I will mess with your grades" and thus put the final nail in the coffin and stifled any possible confession?

Were you there........... on Thursday at the meeting when theft was discussed, and all veteran parents agreed you have to take all of your possessions to the bathroom with you? 
 
When that wonderful lady blamed it on the parents because they are failing to instruct their children (how that helps the rest of us, I do not know - the comment was much less useful than the advice to keep your stuff)

Were you there............. last year when a child's $400 prescription glasses were stolen from her desk when she went to the bathroom? 
No "Dean" swooped in there, and the glasses were ultimately recovered in an unused part of the building (because they cannot be eaten)

When a child forgot to lock the locker and lost something priceless (read irreplaceable) which was never recovered and the loss of which is still deeply mourned, but said child learned a lesson they will never forget

Were you there........... are you here......... 
Do you really think that an 8th grader at Basis would have stolen a teacher's candy knowing it was part of a lesson?
Criminal behavior my ass
Callous disregard my ass
Hunger and ignorance that led to a stupid mistake, quite likely

And then the Dean effectively said I will have ALL your asses because I will mess with your grades

That comment, to a class of Basis 8th graders, to me is criminal - not, of course, literally
But it goes against every single thing Basis stands for, every single value they try to instill
About individual responsibility and academic rewards for personal hard work and intelligence
And to me that comment is a firing offense[/quote]

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