<p>My school just got a new co-principal, and she and the current co-principal (a truly awesome lady) do NOT seem to, shall we say, have their ideas in sync. Such as at back-to-school night, when the new co-principal starts a whole 45 minute speech about how they’d love to keep the parents involved, and to keep in touch, and to feel free to stay in contact with her about anything, blah blah blah, and when she (finally) steps down, the other co-principal gets up and starts her ten-minute speech by telling parents not to call the school about problems in order to, in her words, “let the kids fight their own battles.” My mom was completely open-mouthed.</p>