Thank you all for your comments, support, and encouragement during this week of dealing with some new issues for me. I want to especially thank our Public Safety folks for their wisdom and guidance. Jessie came to see me yesterday and was awesome as well.
I found out this morning, however, that this has happened again. A teacher in the middle school (which is in the same building as we are) was threatened yesterday by a middle schooler. That child was handled in a much different way, because that principal will not take anything off those kids. She is actually coming down on the high school administration for them not being tough enough on these kids! Therefore, I have a friend in the middle school.
Several teachers have come to me and told me that they will not return next year if things don't change soon. These are veteran teachers who have been here since creation. They are fed up. There is talk of having an emergency faculty meeting, if only we could get our administrators out from behind their desk.
On top of all that, we had a unofficial policy change that totally goes against our handbook (student AND teacher) yesterday afternoon. I can't even teach now for having to make sure I'm dotting all my i's and crossing all my t's while playing silent cop in the hallway.
Then this morning, I saw a student pass off a pill to another student. The resource officer can't see it on the tape, so nothing will be done. Guess my word doesn't mean anything anymore.
I think it's time to move up the chain-of-command. This is a leadership problem at your school that seems to be causes morale problems for you and for your colleagues. I think the public safety folks have given you excellent advice as well.
ReplyDeleteits not that your word doesnt matter..the law is very specific when an arrest can be made without a warrant..there are 4 or 5 exceptions..the main way we can arrest w/o is if we witness the crime..if the SRO interviewed the kid and he admitted to it the arrest most likely would be made..if he denied it the SRO theoretically would have to get a warrant listing you as a witness and thats only if the pill could be Identified...believe me nothing makes us happier than taking someone to the hooscow but our hands are tied alot of the times
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