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School principal tells teacher she didn't get a promotion in the school hallway: 'In front of the students, whispering, as other classes walked by. I then had to continue to teach for the rest of the day.'

Emmy Pratt

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Vice Principal takes a student's cell phone, loses it before the school day was over: 'The VP does not have to replace the phone because district policy says they aren't responsible for any lost items.'

Emmy Pratt

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4th-grade teacher gives student 50% on a test, despite her getting 92% of the answers correct, because she used 'old math' her dad taught her

Emmy Pratt

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Mom puts a tracking device in her 8-year-old son's stuffed animal, tracks it back to the home of one of his classmates: 'Should I have my son confront the kid directly and ask if he's been stealing his stuff?'

Emmy Pratt

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Teen paints the principal's door hot pink after they backpedal on their deal or free lunches in exchange for painting the office: '[Don't] make me do labor for free'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Parents defend taking their kids out of school for family vacations: 'Booking flights 4 days later to match their school's vacation was going to cost me $7,000 more'

Emmy Pratt

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17-year-old stands up to substitute teacher who confiscated cochlear implants thinking they were headphones, principal gets involved and student gets suspended: 'I started full on yelling at this lady'

Isabella Penn

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Principal makes 13-year-old cry and demands student apologize for 'disrespectful' email, then throws mom out of school for standing up for her: 'The account was filled with lies'

Isabella Penn

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School principal tries to enroll 6-year-old student into a different school because her parents bought a house that they're renovating in a different town: 'We are still living with our in-laws and it is well withing the school boundary'

Emmy Pratt

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School superintendent docks teacher's pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: 'My principal didn't care and approved my PTO'

Emmy Pratt

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16-year-old asks teacher not to pair him with the daughter of his deadbeat dad, daughter won't take no for an answer: 'I told her I wasn't interested, we're not family'

Emmy Pratt

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Assistant principal bans teachers from failing kids, insists they give students A's or B's instead of F's: 'If they know the material but don’t turn in any work, then they should have an A or B in your class.'

Emmy Pratt

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14-year-old pulls out classmate's feeding tube, principal asks victim to apologize or be suspended for 2 weeks for defending herself: 'Just suspend me for the 2 weeks'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom complains to school that her 13-year-old son comments on his well-endowed teacher's body, accuses her of not following the dress code: 'I’m just a curvy girl and I physically cannot hide it'

Emmy Pratt

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Principal bans teachers from showing movies during the last week of school: 'There's 7 days left. Who does she think she's kidding?'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I’m a surgeon, I don't have time for you': Teachers Share Stories About Parents Who Need a Lesson in Parenting

Eleonora Bader

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