Aggressively litigious parent
Praying for advice: friend works at a charter school so non union. Admin used to be incredibly supportive but things have changed in the past couple of years.
Student shows signs of neglect, parent is...awful. teacher has not had a parent complaint in nine years of teaching and I know how dedicated they are because they taught my kid in the past. This teacher loves the kids, loves the job, makes tons of resources themselves and actually teaches kids how to human. Teacher completes documentation of incidents, notifies CPS, etc... parent starts harassing teacher. Accusing teacher of racism, accusing them of favoritism and singling child out, starts spreading rumors to other parents about teacher, contacting superintendent, etc.. Parent sometimes shows up at school and they pull teacher out of class to come listen to them scream at teacher. Teacher is on the verge of a breakdown. Constantly bursts into tears, is unable to do ANYTHING when student is in room because everything they do is a problem for parent. Teacher is upset because they can't even help student even though student is clearly far behind peers but teacher is afraid of parent twisting things against them.
This teacher came to me for advice to talk to the rest of the class because they are concerned that t the other students might be aware of teacher's emotions and doesn't want them to worry. Every time student is in class, teacher struggles to hold it together because Mom is so horrible and teacher is scared they will do something wrong.
I don't want my friend to leave the profession because of this experience. But the way that they are being treated is essentially "we aren't going to go against Mom because she will come sue us, so you're basically on your own." Meanwhile, teacher is unable to teach because student has behavioral needs that are unable to be addressed because of fear and anxiety and if they are addressed, then teacher gets dragged through the mud. No union means no support so anyone have any ideas?