Letters to the Editor
Where was principal during fight?
May 24, 2007 4:58 PM
To the Editor,
The principal at IS 291 has vowed that the substitute teacher who allegedly did nothing to break up a fight in his classroom will not teach again in another school.
Where were the principal, assistant principals and security guards when the fight broke out? I am sure that everyone wasn’t at a meeting at the regional offices.
Teachers are not police. Too many times teachers have been seriously injured while breaking up fights. At other times, they have had to face the wrath of irate parents who claimed that excessive force was used in breaking up the fight.
I hope that the principal has his paperwork in order; otherwise, the child who inflicted such harm will be returned to the school in record time.
Our schools are in this shape due to the complete lack of discipline in them.
Ed Greenspan, retired
