By "it worked" I meant our meeting-- the superintendent came to our school to present some awards to staff members who have been there forEVER, and our principal said that if anyone had something they wanted to talk to him about now.... speak now or forever hold your peace. I was the first to jump to my feet and grab my stuff. 5 others followed.
We told the superintendent about Our Very Student's violent record (most of which was news to him because the people who did the investigation didn't do their jobs....), and how our safety, and the safety of our students was at stake. He had just been talking about both loyalty and safety, so we launched with that-- how do you expect to keep teachers, any teachers, much less the good ones, if they don't feel safe walking into their classrooms? If they are worried they're going to get hit? If their immune systems are failing and they are having panic attacks due to the stressful and toxic environment? Should they have to walk in and worry about being called a fucking bitch, or told to shut the fuck up?
The computer teacher raised the point that while there were only 6 of us, there were many more who felt the same way we did, but were afraid to come forward. She cleverly insinuated that if this wasn't taken care of, and if district didn't do something to change its policies overall, that they would have a mutiny on their hands.
It worked!
We won.
'bout damn time.
Now, how about the other 6 in the 7/8th grades who desperately need more help, counseling, and behavior management than we can give them.....
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