Reflections of an Author
Submitted by Frank Murphy, Sept. 21, 2010
In yesterday’s installment of Confessions of an Urban Principal I described how one parent put a damper on the first day of school for the Kindergarten students. On Wednesday I will introduce another parent who created a disruption in the first floor hallway of the school. In the weeks and months ahead, other parents will be introduced in the regularly posted installments of Confessions of an Urban Principal.
It is difficult to create a safe and orderly school when there are adults in the school community who are acting out in an angry and scary manner. The presences of several of these parents in a school would impede the success of any school reform effort. This is an obstacle that is often ignored by the reformers who proclaim the slogan of “Make No Excuses.”