I would say so, but if the parent or parents didn't have a problem then but now are using it as ammo in a different case I'd think that was shady. Again I don't know what happened. But a lot of people rushed to judgement in this thread without knowing either. Two years seems like a long time to bring up and investigate something this petty unless this has been a on going problem.

 

I don't consider 8th graders drinking with some getting drunk at the home of a school principal "petty".

 

Does someone know what the guidelines are for a principal? I asked this previously. I don't know the answer. Does a principal have a duty to report an incident like this that they are involved in?

I do not know the guidelines for a principal in this situation, I do know that at the time of the occurence she was not the principal at the new school which she is at now. The parents of the students involved took care of the situation at their own home and I know consequences were received. I guess the real question here is whether or not she had the responsibility of reporting this situation in the role she was in? Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to that.

I don't consider 8th graders drinking with some getting drunk at the home of a school principal "petty".

 

Does someone know what the guidelines are for a principal? I asked this previously. I don't know the answer. Does a principal have a duty to report an incident like this that they are involved in?

 

I think kids sneaking behind their parents back two years ago to drink is pretty petty thing to investigate. If the principal did promote it and the other parents didn't say anything then, then yea thats pretty bad. But if it was a case of boys being boys and acting out then I think there are bigger fish to fry two years later.

 

If it were my kids and I found out of course I would of punished them on the spot its a life lesson. But lets not act like young boys sneaking adult beverages behind their parents back is some sort of new ordeal.

I do not know the guidelines for a principal in this situation, I do know that at the time of the occurence she was not the principal at the new school which she is at now. The parents of the students involved took care of the situation at their own home and I know consequences were received. I guess the real question here is whether or not she had the responsibility of reporting this situation in the role she was in? Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to that.

 

If all you said is true. Then I don't see what the big deal is all about.

I don't know what happened. But if all the parents involved agreed to handle it with in their own households I don't see the problem.

 

Now you see the problem. You are a school administrator. That is who you are not only professionally, but personally as well. That's the responsibility that comes w/ it. You self-report, ESPECIALLY if you did nothing wrong. Kids will be kids, and parents better be parents. If she broke it up and informed the other parents, then she was being a parent and doing the right thing. However, as a school administrator, you have to report to the superiors.

 

Lawyers are in the same boat. They tell you, you never stop being a lawyer.

Now you see the problem. You are a school administrator. That is who you are not only professionally, but personally as well. That's the responsibility that comes w/ it. You self-report, ESPECIALLY if you did nothing wrong. Kids will be kids, and parents better be parents. If she broke it up and informed the other parents, then she was being a parent and doing the right thing. However, as a school administrator, you have to report to the superiors.

 

Lawyers are in the same boat. They tell you, you never stop being a lawyer.

 

what is there to report? Kid said an f bomb at my house, he should get detention? Kids were drinking at my house, they should get suspended? why, not on school property or school event, so whats the issue.

what is there to report? Kid said an f bomb at my house, he should get detention? Kids were drinking at my house, they should get suspended? why, not on school property or school event, so whats the issue.

 

In my best McEnroe, "You can't be serious!"

 

Also, as I've stated, you take the pay raise, you take on the responsibility, then you take on the role. Part of that is being "better" than every other parent around you. If you don't like that, don't take the job. IF kids drank in her basement, she had to report it to the school board w/ what she did to stop it. Comes w/ the territory.

As a teacher, or school member, you have the responsibility of being good for children both on school property and off school property.

Obviously the lady should be fired but at 13 and 14 I can't say that I hadn't tried alcohol before. I will say this though why were the kids there anyway, it seems a little odd unless they all lied to their parents about where they were.

I do not know the guidelines for a principal in this situation, I do know that at the time of the occurence she was not the principal at the new school which she is at now. The parents of the students involved took care of the situation at their own home and I know consequences were received. I guess the real question here is whether or not she had the responsibility of reporting this situation in the role she was in? Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to that.

 

Not directed at you, but to those who say she should have reported it. If what you say was true, that at the time she informed the parents of each kid who was drinking, then what else would reporting it do? It was not on school property or a school event. Is there a written guideline that says you must report everything you see any students do wrong even off campus and not at a school event?

 

But again, if someone has an issue with it now, and not two years ago, or whenever it happened, then all I see it as being is political. Why not bring it up then?

I think Mexitucky is right - she should have reported it. She is held to a higher standard. Also, this isn't something she just witnessed. This is something that happened at her home with children placed under her care. She is supposed to be supervising these 13 year olds. If she handled it properly, why didn't she report it?

 

In addition, by not reporting it, she opens a whole new set of questions. Two years later it comes out and people are wondering why it wasn't reported by her or one of the other parents. People are asking why it is reported now. I am asking why wasn't it reported two years ago. Was there an agreement or even pressure to keep it quiet? By not reporting it, Thamann opens herself up to all those types of questions.

If Ms Thamann was not a principal at the time of the incident what positon did she hold? What would the chain of command have been for her to report the incident?

 

Northern Kentucky by nature is a very provencial place to live. There aren't a lot of secrets especially in these types of incidents. There were multiple students involved and multiple parents. At the time of the incident not a single involved parent thought it was serious enough to report it or take any additional action? Also hard to believe that knowledge of the incident didn't reach administrative personnel within the school system without an actual report of complaint. I know that if this would have happened in my school district which is similar to Boone County in size that many if not most of the details would have been common knowledge much sooner than 2 years down the road.

If Ms Thamann was not a principal at the time of the incident what positon did she hold? What would the chain of command have been for her to report the incident?

 

Northern Kentucky by nature is a very provencial place to live. There aren't a lot of secrets especially in these types of incidents. There were multiple students involved and multiple parents. At the time of the incident not a single involved parent thought it was serious enough to report it or take any additional action? Also hard to believe that knowledge of the incident didn't reach administrative personnel within the school system without an actual report of complaint. I know that if this would have happened in my school district which is similar to Boone County in size that many if not most of the details would have been common knowledge much sooner than 2 years down the road.

 

Agreed! And with how kids talk these days and their use of social media, someone else had to find out, and not two years later.

 

At the time of the incident not a single involved parent thought it was serious enough to report it or take any additional action?

Also agreed! If someone called me to tell me my kid did something wrong at their house, I would be happy that they called and allowed me to deal with it my way!

Now you see the problem. You are a school administrator. That is who you are not only professionally, but personally as well. That's the responsibility that comes w/ it. You self-report, ESPECIALLY if you did nothing wrong. Kids will be kids, and parents better be parents. If she broke it up and informed the other parents, then she was being a parent and doing the right thing. However, as a school administrator, you have to report to the superiors.

 

Lawyers are in the same boat. They tell you, you never stop being a lawyer.

 

Again I'll say I don't know what happened. But what if the parents involved didn't want this public. There are a lot of scenarios where I just don't agree with this.

Not directed at you, but to those who say she should have reported it. If what you say was true, that at the time she informed the parents of each kid who was drinking, then what else would reporting it do? It was not on school property or a school event. Is there a written guideline that says you must report everything you see any students do wrong even off campus and not at a school event?

 

But again, if someone has an issue with it now, and not two years ago, or whenever it happened, then all I see it as being is political. Why not bring it up then?

 

Got to agree with SportsGuy here. Assuming the alcohol was snuck in (she didn't provide it), assuming she didn't initially know there was drinking going on and she called the police and parents when she found out, and assuming it was not a school function, which I don't think it was...then why in the world would she have to or even think she should need to report this to the school? If she did all of the above then she did what she should have done. The actions had nothing to do with the school and should not be an issue with them one bit. If she saw a couple of high school kids at the local market trying to illegally buy beer, or even out on the parking lot drinking said purchased beer, should she report that to the school to? School isn't "big brother", nor should it be.