Re: HELP!
    Posted by: Skeptic on 5/20/14
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    On 5/20/14, Andrew wrote:

    How does it matter what we think? But since you asked,
    there was no emergency at hand that warranted breaking
    school policy.

    You don't sound or write like a Principal.

    my grades went away
    on a
    > class trip. One of the students did not go on the trip. Th
    > is particular student did not come to school that day. Whil
    > e on the trip, two separate students texted her, one
    telling
    > her that lots of people were saying that she( the girl not
    > on the trip) was saying bad things about the girl doing
    the
    > texting, and another saying that nobody liked her, that
    she
    > was two faced. This upset the girl who came in with her
    mot
    > her to complain. I took down the information and decided
    to
    > put a stop to this. I called both numbers that were textin
    > g the girl. I left a simple message not to text the other s
    > tudent again as it could be considered bullying. I spoke
    wi
    > th the second student and said the same thing. I realize
    th
    > at a Principal should not be calling a student's cell
    phone,
    > but the student was very upset and I made a decision to
    put
    > a stop to it. Was I wrong to do this? Should I have follo
    > wed policy and not called? I feared the student was
    startin
    > g to get more upset as she had us conduct a bully
    investigat
    > ion the previous week. I welcome any input as I can
    acknowl
    > edge I broke policy, but felt I was justified in doing so.


    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • HELP!, 5/20/14, by Andrew.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/20/14, by Jeremy.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/20/14, by MacQ.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/20/14, by HS Teacher.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/20/14, by Skeptic.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/21/14, by Kate.
  • Re: HELP!, 5/22/14, by Andrew.