<p>The trick to dealing with a principal is to figure out what you want, and then get them to think of it themselves.</p>
<p>Keep to the issue - its not seating cannot/should not be assigned. It’s not whether the principal is fair/unfair.</p>
<p>It’s simply our daughter is really distressed with her assigned seat at lunchtime , and is coming home in tears. What do you think we should do?</p>
<p>And then see what the principal suggests.</p>