Anonymous wrote:Np. I’m sorry you are going through this, OP. Our ES principal is a real bully, and it wouldn’t surprise me our kids go to the same school.

You should definitely file a report against your principal. It is good paper trail to apply for COSA later.

I think I am in this school as well

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Anonymous wrote:Our child has experienced bullying from the principal, resulting in emotional distress. What steps can we take to protect our child and report the principal’s misconduct effectively?

Principal is bullying a kid? How?

OP’s kid probably misbehaved and got disciplined and OP has confused this with bullying

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Anonymous wrote:Curious why so many people oppose asking the PTA Pres the name of the Director? My assumption is the PTA Pres would know the name so not a big deal to ask. Do you all have experience where the PTA Pres would not know the name? I also would assume the PTA would be a resource for advocating if needed to address an issue with the Principal. Is this not true at your schools? Not picking a fight, just curious.

No, the opposite. Most PTAs are in cahoots with principals.

See this as an example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/what-really-happens-when-parents-clash-with-their-childrens-school/2017/02/05/4d8437d0-e9d6-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Our child has experienced bullying from the principal, resulting in emotional distress. What steps can we take to protect our child and report the principal’s misconduct effectively?

Principal is bullying a kid? How?

OP’s kid probably misbehaved and got disciplined and OP has confused this with bullying

don’t listen to all these naysayers. If you can, figure out who the director is for your cluster. Send an email to that person outlining the issue. Be mindful that this information is available to admins staff so try to careful about the accusations. Keep everything fact based. Include your child’s name. The reason this is important is because it heightens the confidentiality of the communication for privacy reasons and public disclosure purposes. If you don’t get a response within a week, then you escalate. However, please make sure your allegations are substantiated, such as through previous emails to the principal outlining your concerns. Otherwise, you’re likely to get dismissed.

Bullying? Im sure there are 2 sides to this story.

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Anonymous wrote:Look on the website, the area instructor zoned for your school. You can call or email them.

Yes, but the Directors are in the business of protecting principals. I agree this is the next step, but be preprared OP for it not to work. You will need to keep pushing above that person.

Associate Superintendents are no better than the directors.

Anonymous wrote:Look on the website, the area instructor zoned for your school. You can call or email them.

Yes, but the Directors are in the business of protecting principals. I agree this is the next step, but be preprared OP for it not to work. You will need to keep pushing above that person.

Np. I’m sorry you are going through this, OP. Our ES principal is a real bully, and it wouldn’t surprise me our kids go to the same school.

You should definitely file a report against your principal. It is good paper trail to apply for COSA later.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the op here. Thank you all for your input and for sharing the helpful links. I was able to find the supervisor’s contact info and will now decide on the best way to move forward. As adults, we have the option to leave a toxic work environment if our boss bullies us, but kids are forced to endure such situations early in life, which feels incredibly helpless. As many of you suggested, I will work on documenting everything, even though the principal’s misconduct is primarily verbal and difficult to prove. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to help reduce my child’s anxiety and support my kid through this. Thanks again!

The entire school is on camera 24/7 except bathrooms. Any interactions are being filmed and you can request the video within 7 days.

Even in the principal office?

Impossible

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Anonymous wrote:This is the op here. Thank you all for your input and for sharing the helpful links. I was able to find the supervisor’s contact info and will now decide on the best way to move forward. As adults, we have the option to leave a toxic work environment if our boss bullies us, but kids are forced to endure such situations early in life, which feels incredibly helpless. As many of you suggested, I will work on documenting everything, even though the principal’s misconduct is primarily verbal and difficult to prove. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to help reduce my child’s anxiety and support my kid through this. Thanks again!

The entire school is on camera 24/7 except bathrooms. Any interactions are being filmed and you can request the video within 7 days.

Not all cameras in school buildings are functional and/or provide full coverage. There are plenty of blindspots.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the op here. Thank you all for your input and for sharing the helpful links. I was able to find the supervisor’s contact info and will now decide on the best way to move forward. As adults, we have the option to leave a toxic work environment if our boss bullies us, but kids are forced to endure such situations early in life, which feels incredibly helpless. As many of you suggested, I will work on documenting everything, even though the principal’s misconduct is primarily verbal and difficult to prove. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to help reduce my child’s anxiety and support my kid through this. Thanks again!

The entire school is on camera 24/7 except bathrooms. Any interactions are being filmed and you can request the video within 7 days.

Even in the principal office?

Anonymous wrote:This is the op here. Thank you all for your input and for sharing the helpful links. I was able to find the supervisor’s contact info and will now decide on the best way to move forward. As adults, we have the option to leave a toxic work environment if our boss bullies us, but kids are forced to endure such situations early in life, which feels incredibly helpless. As many of you suggested, I will work on documenting everything, even though the principal’s misconduct is primarily verbal and difficult to prove. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to help reduce my child’s anxiety and support my kid through this. Thanks again!

The entire school is on camera 24/7 except bathrooms. Any interactions are being filmed and you can request the video within 7 days.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks so much! Is there anyway I can email or talk to the supervisor directly?

You can. My advise is ask your PTA Pres who your current Director is (that is the title of the supervisor) and then look up that director in the MCPS staff directory online.

Or use this link and look under the different area superintendents to find who is responsible for your area (it is listed by high school your area is zoned for) and then look up in the staff directory.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/otls/

Never ever ever involve an ES PTA President. Even you asking what could be an innocent qustion gets them to spread that news among their board and others. Yuck.

Yeah- shh! Let's not let anyone know the bullyingnis going on! Keep it down!

As a teacher, file a report asap. Bring all the receipts. Believe me, we understand toxic administrations. I’m so sorry your child is going through this. Contact your city council representative as well - they can out pressure on MCPS in a way they have to respond.