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Certainly Not had a great response. Can you give us a couple of
examples of your email questions to your principal?

On 10/29/13, Certainly not wrote:

> I am a principal and I will tell you that in any given day I

> may have 75-100 emails to answer. First priority is anything

> sent by a central office administrator (let's be honest - I

> like my job and want to keep it). Secondly I answer parents.

> Some of those emails require full investigations.

> At the same time, I am having students delivered to me who

> fought on the playground or were defiant to their teachers -

> those require investigations and consequences to be assigned.

> I have to talk to all involved.

> Next I have teachers with major concerns and those with minor

> ones. I try to address the majors first which means I don't

> always get to the minors.

>

> In the middle of that I am handling recess issues,

> transportation issues, building issues, complaints

> from "neighbors" to the school, Board members (I stop

> everything when they visit), teacher evaluations, IEP

> meetings...the list goes on and on

>

> If I had a teacher who was upset or offended that I didn't

> answer an email, I would probably just tell them that I am

> sorry and to please feel free to bug me. Have you tried

> talking to your supervisor?

>

> There are some emails I don't answer because: 1. I have

> already answered the question in a previous email.

> 2. I have had so many emails on the same topic from the same

> person that I figure that it would be much easier to have a

> conversation.

> 3. My answer is complex and I figure that it would be much

> easier to have a conversation.

> 4. I don't trust you and think you might forward my email

> without permission.

> 5. It just annoys me (I'm being real here)...for example if a

> teacher points out a problem with the schedule I have tried to

> fix for 7 days straight and I put out an email with the

> words "final schedule" and then they email me with a schedule

> concern which is more about their own personal preference and

> is not really a problem, I do sometimes just ignore it.

> Are your emails about something your principal already

> discussed with you? Do you already know the answer or can you

> find out from someone else?

> Try to think outside the box. I would be concerned about a

> teacher who took things personally that weren't personal like

> not returning an email.

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