High School Dealing With Parents.

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Sep 11, 2013
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So today I had two of my cheerleaders get into a confrontation at school with one another. This resulted in one of them being suspended for 3 days and the other for one day. It wasn't a physical fight, just a lot of yelling and throwing food I guess. The girl that was suspended for 3 days has already quit but I now to have to meet with her mother because he daughter thinks I read a text message convo to the rest of squad about why she wasn't a t school the day prior. This is COMPLETELY untrue. Should I really have to deal with a parent of a girl that is no longer on my squad?!?!
 
If the two are unrelated, I don't think you should have to. Otherwise, an email stating you didn't do what you're accused of should be sufficient.
Sounds like she-said/she-said and no, you shouldn't have to even address that at all.
 
Last year, we had 2 freshmen on JV get into an altercation at school. I guess from what I understand, one girl ran her trap about something and the other girl slapped her. They were punished in school, the slapper had a 1 week suspension and the slappee had 2 Saturday in-schools as punishment. During that time, I also made the decision that both were sitting out of the homecoming pep-rally and game the following week, which of course caused a fight. I told the parents that these girls need to learn to respect each other. The one parent handled it better then the other. And then the homecoming pep-rally came. I told them to come dressed and meet with the team, NEITHER of them did which then caused another week of punishment and benching. Needless to say, there was more confrontation with parents because they felt I was unfair.

In any event, the Athletic Director and principal were copied in both instances. And once it was addressed, it was water under the bridge.
 
Yes, meet with her (with the AD present) and try not to come off as too defensive.

If she's not on the squad anymore, then what is the mother hoping to accomplish by meeting with you? Is it something like that she wants to be able to explain to her daughter exactly what happened? Or, is she just looking to start trouble?
 
Yes, meet with her (with the AD present) and try not to come off as too defensive.

If she's not on the squad anymore, then what is the mother hoping to accomplish by meeting with you? Is it something like that she wants to be able to explain to her daughter exactly what happened? Or, is she just looking to start trouble?
Her mother thinks I shared a text message conversation with the rest of the girls, this is entirely untrue. So I guess it has something to do with that, I honestly have no idea all the AD would tell me was that it was a chance to defend myself and learn a lesson......even though the girl willingly quit, I did not kick her off....
 
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