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application on your behalf, they will say that we are
trying to force them! "
Leaders are approached on a variety or mattors connected
with schoolinF; and education.
Parer, -to
'. ring. complaints regarding the treatmem of
their children at the 'Pioriah' school to the local leaders
who are known to be in some way connected with the schools
and even to others, in the hope that they will intervene
on their behalf. If the complaint is brought to a leader
by a kinsman or friend, whose opinion and support he
values, the lezýder" is likely to pu. -sue the natter with the
principal. .. inilarly, if the complaint is brought by
someone whose cuptýort the leacie- wishes to encourage, he
will act on his behalf. But if the complaint is brought
by someone who is known to be critical of the school
administration, then the leader night simply refer the
person to the principal, refusing to bamne personally
involved.
, jomctimeo complaints ure brouGht by parents whose
children attend schools other than the '24oriah', often
alleging Nome for= of discrimination on the part of teachers
or pupils. In these cases leaders are often quick to raise
the natter with the school principal, und even to pu: 'sua
it at meetings of the municipal council.
Parents wi. hinG to enter their children in opecial