[parsifal]

I think I am close to getting in a fight with a Christian school. The principal wants my son's yearbook so he can see what other kids might have written in it. My son says he would rather be expelled. I am not so sure the school can't be sued. Any input from anybody? parsy.

[twigs]

That's a hard one. On the surface of things, I would say that the principal has no business looking at your son's yearbook. However, maybe he knows something you all don't and needs confirmation. My daughter goes to a Christian school and I don't like everything either. Sometimes I wish they got a little more involved in kids lives b/c there are some kids there that are tettering on the edge of real problems. Unfortunately, one is my daughter's best friend. What I tell her is that although we don't like everything we are told to do, that's life and she is always going to always have some authority figure and she needs to learn to obey even when she doesn't agree. However, there are times when the authority figure is wrong and that's when we need to question their authority, but pick those fights VERY carefully and be certain you're in the right. Without knowing more, I'd probably let the principal see the yearbook and let him know as a parent how I felt about the intrusion. If there's more to it, then he will probably let you know. If not, you've got a decision to make about whether or not to keep your son at the school.