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<blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 515288" data-attributes="member: 5400">Something else just occured to me that might be worth considering. I appreciate that this issue is important, but consider any of your actions from the AP's point of view. If you keep this in-house (don't pull a first ammendment/ACLU on her) then you don't threaten her personally. However, as soon as you go outside to a third party you put her job and her career in jeopardy. Absolutely no one on the face of the planet wants to have their career messed with! She will fight, for sure. Moreover, she may fight in extremely unethical ways. Assistant Principals have wide ranging powers in their schools. She can mess with you without breaking the rules - that would suck for sure.Moreover - do you have any ideas what sort of connections she has with the wider community? Can she mess with your future job prospects? Your college entrance? I've known lots of educators with this kind of power and influence. If you threaten her job - by going to the school board, ACLU etc - you might win this fight but you may make an enemy who has the power to do you long term harm. Yes, it&nbsp; would be petty, but your description of this woman makes me think that she could very well respond in very petty ways if you threaten her directly.I'm not saying that you should roll over and take it, but consider before you blow this thing up - as a teenager your support networks are unlikely to be as powerful as an Assistant Principals and the ensuing battle damage may not be worth the point you're trying to make.Just another 2c</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NoOneofConsequence, post: 515288, member: 5400"] Something else just occured to me that might be worth considering. I appreciate that this issue is important, but consider any of your actions from the AP's point of view. If you keep this in-house (don't pull a first ammendment/ACLU on her) then you don't threaten her personally. However, as soon as you go outside to a third party you put her job and her career in jeopardy. Absolutely no one on the face of the planet wants to have their career messed with! She will fight, for sure. Moreover, she may fight in extremely unethical ways. Assistant Principals have wide ranging powers in their schools. She can mess with you without breaking the rules - that would suck for sure. Moreover - do you have any ideas what sort of connections she has with the wider community? Can she mess with your future job prospects? Your college entrance? I've known lots of educators with this kind of power and influence. If you threaten her job - by going to the school board, ACLU etc - you might win this fight but you may make an enemy who has the power to do you long term harm. Yes, it would be petty, but your description of this woman makes me think that she could very well respond in very petty ways if you threaten her directly. I'm not saying that you should roll over and take it, but consider before you blow this thing up - as a teenager your support networks are unlikely to be as powerful as an Assistant Principals and the ensuing battle damage may not be worth the point you're trying to make. Just another 2c [/QUOTE]

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