ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a complex, real-life, accessible case study in expecting the best to provoke and stimulate conversation around practical problems and alternative solutions that confront educational leaders today. These cases cover a wide range of topics, including: teacher evaluations, educational reforms, school safety, cultural differences, undocumented students, and social media. Each case study has three alternative responses written by experienced educational administrators and academics. The chapter argues that the potential lawsuit from the parents of the student who has been injured by another student before school is the primary problem. The secondary problem is the issue of the 80 unsupervised students who gather on the playground before school. Although the situation itself is negative, it can be used by the principal to motivate the Superintendent to support his efforts to maintain student safety and combat the corresponding legal liability of 80 unsupervised students on school property.
