BM>  I don't know if you read, or recall, my comments here some time ago
BM>  about the attitude of _many_ admins in our local system.  The
BM>  image/attitude they project toward parents is unconscionable.  What
BM>  is really frustrating and angers a large number of parents is that
BM>  they (admins) don't display any understanding of what the problem
BM>  _really_ is so, therefore, it has to be with the parents who
BM>  stubbornly refuse to do as they are told.  The previous and current
BM>  superintendents are of the mindset that anyone who has "risen" to be
BM>  principal or AP of a school can do no wrong.  
    Just look at the importance of "public relations" employees in a school 
system who spend their whole day doing nothing but C.Y.A. for the 
administrators if you want to see how big the problem you mention really is.  
Like you say, the "public relations" peoples' job _is_ telling parents, 
taxpayers, and the media that the administrators can do no wrong.  
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