Tension
I’d been dreading this day since before vacation. This was the day that the special education staff from my building, along with our principal, was scheduled to meet with the director of special ed. The purpose was to request more assistance for next year.
Our population has increased significantly, but the level of special ed help hasn’t increased along with it. The kids have more serious needs, and the parents are increasingly more demanding. Some have every right to be demanding, others are over the top, making their kids far more needy than they really are.
I knew the meeting would be tense, as the Ice Queen is a bitch.
I was wrong.
It was even worse than I’d imagined.
The Ice Queen came in with her agenda set, and there was no way that she was willing to hear anything that anyone else had to say. The principal would try to point out how the scheduling works in our building and her response was, "so what? That isn’t my concern". She seems to think that special education services operate within some sort of vacuum. Apparently we aren’t’ supposed to acknowledge any other children or concerns that might be in the classroom.
That is so unrealistic and so against the philosophy of our building.
So the principal would make a point, and her back would go up. At one point I thought she was going to cry. Her face got red and her eyes filled up. It was disconcerting.
She can’t handle this job, and I personally hope she realizes that it’s too overwhelming for her and that she resigns. There’s a rumor that’s been around for years that she had a sort of breakdown and was let go from the position she held before she came to us. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen again.
It was interesting to see how the Pink of Perfection didn’t do anything to support our staff during this meeting. She was really kissing ass, and I don’t think the principal was happy.
Good. It’s about time he realized what she’s really like. She can’t be trusted, and I’m positive she runs to the Ice Queen with all sorts of info.
So we are at an impasse. The principal isn’t about to back down and neither is the Ice Queen. The principal is now building a case to take to the superintendent. We’ll see how this shakes out.
I stopped in to see him after school to tell him that I’d used him as a reference for an internet publishing job I’ve applied for, and we sort of rehashed the meeting. He’s ticked off at the Ice Queen in a big way, and was ready to go to war with her.
Neither one of us can figure out what it is that she actually does, but she’s constantly stressed. He’s really irritated that she isn’t willing to see how hard this staff works and how overwhelmed we are with the number of kids we are trying to service.
I don’t know that he’ll win the battle, but he’s not going to give it up!
Listening to: Song of New York City
Reading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling
Weather: SNOW!!!!
Trivia: What's the world's largest herb?
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said "Kawabonga!"
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