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Don't use baseball bats or threats. Be a concerned parent and be smart.
Schedule a meeting with your child's principal and before you do, type a letter that you will copy and have sent to the board asking where in the school handbook, you'll find that consulting another parent was in order before enrolling a student that is of no relation to the parent that was consulted. You can get a lot done with concerned parent letters to the Superintendent, and board of Education. Alienating potential families of the school is not the proper stance to take especially when parental involvement in schools is critical and is of benefit to not only your own child but your girlfriends child.
Unless there is a restraining order in effect for biological mom or or your child, there is no reason that biological mom should be
consulted before enrolling a student that is of no relation to her.
If your school is public, they cannot turn away your girlfriends child. If your talking about private school, they would have more latitude, although, tact was surely lacking here. They could have simply said they were full and not take the child if it was a conflict with your child's mom. Sometimes smaller,private schools are on such a personal level with tuition paying parents and for non state funded schools, you might have a little more resistance
if mom has a relationship with the principal. She was wrong to pointedly pry.
I'd still follow through as a "concerned parent".
Schools have to deal with all kinds of unsavory situations and act in unjudgemental fashion for a miriad of crappy parents and bad situations for the children. This woman was out of line to act in this fashion. Partners living together is not unusual.
Good luck.
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