Honorable Choices Nook Yes E Book 031415

The war in Afghanistan was easy compared to being the new principal
of the George W. Bush Middle School in upstate New York. Matt
Collins has on his plate his discovery that teachers are changing the
answers of their student’s standardized tests in order to increase the scores.
The Superintendent of Schools seems to condone the practice. What choice
does Matt have?
• His Assistant Principal wants to discredit him. What choice does Matt have?
• Matt has to disarm a student who enters the office with a loaded gun.
What choice does he have?
• A combat hero in the U.S. Rangers he has to deal with his own PTSD.
• How to discipline two fourteen year old students found having oral sex?
The girl being the President of the Board of Education’s daughter and the
boy being the son of the PTA President.
• Disciplining a teacher whose husband owns and edits the town’s only
newspaper. and handling the repercussions.
• Starting a loving relationship with a guidance counselor in his school.
• Stopping a school fire at the cost of his personal safety.
• Creating and establishing a Code of Conduct for student discipline after
three other principals in nine years had failed.
• Managing teacher grievances formally filed against his administrative
practices while trying to create an atmosphere of trust with the staff.
• Getting the community and the PTA to support the school’s program.