My wife is mentoring a new teacher this year, who comes to our school district from a school close to East St Louis. This teacher, who is in her second year of teaching, started looking for a new job, shortly after the school year started in 2010. While teaching 4th grade there, a student was being disruptive, and the teacher told the girl to please calm down. The student picked up her desk, through it at the teacher, and told her to "fuck off." The teacher told the girl she was suspended, and to please go to the office.
Within 20 minutes, the parent of the student was at the school, yelling at the teacher, saying, "You don't have the right to suspend my child." This was the 3rd time the child had had violent out bursts in this elementary school. The principal and parent came to an agreement, and the child was suspended for 2 days. Two days.
So yes, in the parent's eye, the teacher is simply a baby sitter.
How do you unfuck this situation, aside from giving all parties involved, parent, student, and principal, asskickings?