Got in trouble

[sumbirdy]

Okay, so I was standing outside the school building eating breakfast. These two skinny dogs came up to me so I fed them. The principal comes out of the building and I get a long lecture on how I shouldn't feed the dogs because they'll just keep coming back. He then precedes to kick at them and yell at them. Okay what is the point of this? They weren't hurting anybody. They weren't even trying to get into the building. He told me that if I wanted to feed them that i should just take them home (I may add that he said this very rudely) I WOULD take them home if i didn't have 18 dogs already. I don't see why he would be so cruel as to deprive them of a meal that they so obviously needed (and i could live without)

[elizabethann]

I can't believe he kicked those dogs. I hope he doesn't treat his students like that.

[Catty1]

I think Animal Control might be interested in hearing about this.

I wonder how he treats his children and wife? AND pets!

[BC_MoM]

If my principal did that, I would have called Animal Control. I would have left the school property WITH the dogs, and called AC.

I would even call them now. Don't let this $%^hole get away with abusing animals.

[Karen]

Yup - report the incident, date, time, etc. to the School Board, or at least to the Superintendant of Schools. CC a copy to your local paper, and your school paper, if you have one.

[mugsy]

He needs to be reported and if you PM me the name of the school system and the name of the school, as a fellow educator I would be willing to email him myself. What an idiot.

[buttercup132]

If my principal did that, I would have called Animal Control. I would have left the school property WITH the dogs, and called AC.

I would even call them now. Don't let this $%^hole get away with abusing animals.

DITTO DITTO DITTO!!!
Noone gets away with animal cruelty when I'm right there witnessing it!

[Chilli]

I agree, report it if he actually kicked a dog. There is no excuse as to why he had a reason to kick the dog.
Though, I can see where the principal is coming from when he said not to feed the dogs on campus, as they'd keep coming back... school faculty are often worried about stray dogs bringing "diseases" or acting aggressive toward the people who attend to school.
But hey, I would have fed them something, too. =D

[Laura's Babies]

Look at what he is teaching the students who saw him do that! What an example he is setting!

[moosmom]

Yup, I'd definitely report this SOB.

[Zippy]

That is disgusting and horriable
Report him to animal control,call a news station,newspaper,ect...They alwas want the next big story.What a wonderful person to be teaching the youth of america

[Pembroke_Corgi]

It's terrible that such a callous person is in charge of children. What a jerk, I hope he gets in trouble.

[Sophist]

Did he kick AT them, or kick them? Not that it is ok to kick AT dogs without making contact to scare them, but it is marginally better than actually assaulting them.


I have to play devil's advocate again... Obviously, he handled this VERY poorly. Many things he could have done much better, but he DOES have a responsibility to immediately remove anything (like, say, stray or wild animals) that he feels could pose a potential threat or health hazard to students. If another student had come over to frighten or annoy the dogs and ended up getting bit because of his or her own stupidity, you know the school would be forking over big bucks to that kid's parents, and the parents would demand the principal's head on a platter.

[sumbirdy]

He kicked AT them