{"id":8328,"date":"2013-07-18T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2013-07-18T15:33:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T19:33:30","slug":"the-principal-accused-me-of-being-argumentative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-principal-accused-me-of-being-argumentative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Principal Accused Me of Being Argumentative!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"The%20Principal%20Accused%20Me%20of%20Being%20Argumentative%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/adults\/power.struggles.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" \/>My daughter has pulmonary hypertension. Her cardiologist&#8217;s orders say no physical activity &#8211; &#8220;must be excused from PE.&#8221; The principal informed me that she would HAVE to participate in PE.<\/p>\n<p>When I disagreed, the principal accused me of being argumentative. What should I do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>First, you need to <strong>document what happened<\/strong> in the meeting by writing a &#8220;Letter to a Stranger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Your letter should document:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your child&#8217;s medical history<\/li>\n<li>what her doctors told you<\/li>\n<li>what the principal said in the meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your letter needs to be factual, not emotional. Let the facts tell the story. <\/strong>Here&#8217;s how-<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Read this article before you start to write: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/Letter_to_Stranger.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/Letter_to_Stranger.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second, ask the doctor to write a letter describing your daughter&#8217;s condition. Have the doctor explain what she should not do.<\/p>\n<p>Attach the doctor&#8217;s letter to your letter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Your Letter as Evidence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t &#8220;put it in writing&#8221; and you have problems with this principal in the future, you have no proof that he took this unreasonable position.<\/p>\n<p>If you DO put it in writing, your letter is the best way to protect your daughter now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>How to Write Good Evidence Letters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about writing effective letters to the school<\/li>\n<li>Avoid letter-writing pitfalls<\/li>\n<li>Find 16 sample letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See Chapter 23: How to Write Good Evidence Letters and Chapter 24: Writing the &#8220;Letter to a Stranger&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/feta.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter has pulmonary hypertension. Her cardiologist&#8217;s orders say no physical activity &#8211; &#8220;must be excused from PE.&#8221; The principal informed me that she would HAVE to participate in PE. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-principal-accused-me-of-being-argumentative\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1376,136],"tags":[566,1303,95,273],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-school-disagreement-disputes","category-strategies","tag-advocacy-strategies","tag-documentation","tag-letter-to-the-stranger","tag-paper-trails"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8328"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10044,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328\/revisions\/10044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}