It's a hard thing to deal with. You obviously care a lot about your team and what the community thinks of you. Not letting this lady get the better of you is one great way to show everyone what you've got.
So, the principal is charged with deciding what he will and won't allow in his building during the day. He's made that decision. While it sure would feel good to see this lady 'punished' it doesn't serve your purpose. Respect the decision that's been made and go on with your business. Trust me, in the long run people will see her for who she is and you for who you are. Make sure they see the best you have to offer!
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The principal was right to explain to her that he won't tolerate it. In essence, any parent working in the school as a volunteer is subject to the same level of professionalism and high integrity that is expected of the staff. He can bar her from volunteering. He can't prevent her from attending events as a parent but I would think he should be allowed to decide who can and cannot volunteer during the school day.
This is what we keep telling the principal but yet she just gets a slap on the hands and is able to keep volunteering.
Thanks everyone for you advice. We know she holding ill feeling about being off the board. We have been having problems with her since this time last year. No one on the board could work with her and she was pretty much voted off the board at the beginning of the school year. We are a small board and have tried very hard to get more parents involved and her tacts has shun parents away. I just know it. We have had more parent involvement since she has been off the board but no one wants to be part of the board cause of all the nonsense that we have to deal with. I don't blame them but I dont' know what else to do at this point.
Your president needs to form a covert operations commitee. These volunteers should be masters of propaganda, subterfuge, and psy-ops.
They should simultaneously launch campaigns to discredit the ex-board member and improve the image of your current group leaders. The offender should also begin to experience inexplicable bouts of 'bad luck' which your school secretary should explain to her is just about 'karma'.
Or else do like CrewChief said.
And Shawn is right -- if it's not actually slander, there's not much you can really do.
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