Scenario: You are veteran principal assigned to lead one of the most sought-after elementary magnet schools in the district. The school serves a diverse student population in pre-kindergarten through...

Scenario:
You
are veteran principal assigned to lead one of the most sought-after elementary
magnet schools in the district. The school serves a diverse student population
in pre-kindergarten through grade 5. The majority of students are from
high-income households; however, 25 percent of seats are mandated for
low-income neighborhood students. The school has one empty seat available
designated for a low-income neighborhood student to reach its seating capacity
by October of the current school year. A parent from outside of the district
contacted you to enroll their child at your school. The parent is related to a
political individual in your locality. You explained to the parent that
enrollment is at capacity and that the parent needed to contact the district
superintendent regarding any procedures for out-of-district students to enroll
in schools, as well as any requirements for getting on the waitlist for future
seats at the school. You received a call from the superintendent’s executive
assistant that the political leader asked the superintendent to make an
exception and enroll the out-of-district student in the third-grade classroom
where the vacant seat exits. The vacant seat is held to meet the 25 percent
low-income student threshold. The executive assistant asked you to prepare a
written response to the parent, including a courtesy copy to the superintendent
and the political leader.

Url: my.phoenix.edu

Username:
stampley

Password:
Gamerhyst0413!

Write
a
250- to 300-word letter to the parent in response to this ethical dilemma.
Incorporate at least 2 of the ethical categories of character from Ch. 3 of
Meeting
the Ethical Challenges of Leadership:
Casting Light or Shadow

in your response.