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Principal's treatment raises questions about fairness  I have
been following the articles concerning the young principal who
is highly regarded by her teachers and the parents of her
students.  Before retiring, I worked as a specialist in the
Forest Grove School District for 27 years under four of the five
superintendents preceding Ms. Curtis.  In all those years, I
never once witnessed anything as petty, vicious and vindictive
as the action taken by the current superintendent.  Particularly
since, in Mr. Willard's words, 'this is not one [of the things]
that you're required to report' to [state regulators]. (A number
of male teachers received DUIIs during my tenure and none were
reported.)  I suspect - from what teachers were quoted as saying
- the fact their principal supported her teachers last fall
'when they balked at a plan to initiate a new [expensive and
controversial] reading curriculum in grades K-4' and the
principal's honest admission