<p>Quote: "Unfortunately, you need a happy GC for application time, so you can't exactly go knocking him upside the head..."</p>
<p>So true, and typical of the bind we parents often feel in dealing with injustices like this. While I totally agree that you should fight this, you (and your h.) need to stay calm and as diplomatic as possible, since this g.c. will be writing your d's rec. in the fall. While it may be too late for this advice, I'd suggest that you might say that you know they want to be an advocate for their students, remind them that insisting on this rule would truly hurt your daughter's chances at her desired schools. Also, you could say to the g.c. that you know he's just enforcing what he believes to be the school's policy, but that you'd like to review it together with the principal to determine if this policy has flexibility. In other words, don't go over his head to the principal without letting him know.</p>