AITA for lying to get my daughter out of trouble?
So I (24M) adopted a girl (15F) with my husband three years ago. When we took her in, she didn't have any records and hadn't been to school in years, but she's an absolute genius! She's a quick learner and taught herself a lot of stuff and she aced the exam to get into this fancy private school that's supposed to be very good for getting students into college.
She hasn't said she'd been having any problems but on my day off I got a call that she'd been in a fight. According to the principal she's attacked some guys on the Lacrosse team after they pulled a harmless prank, but one member of the team, A (16M) said the lacrosse team started it by pulling on a Minervan girl's head feathers, which cause her to instinctively scratch at them, which lead to a fight.
Even without A's testimony it was kind of clear this was self defense but as it turns out, the mother of one of the lacrosse team members was already at the principal's office and since she apparently donates a large amount to the school regularly and was very close to convincing the principal to just expel my daughter and the other kids.
Now I'm very disillusioned with this school and planning to ask my daughter if she wants to transfer out but that's going to be even harder if she has an expulsion for fighting on her record on top of her spotty history, and the fight wasn't even her fault.
So here's where I might be TA. See when I arrived, neither the Principal or the mother recognized me as a parent, they recognized me as a member of local law enforcement (which I know will automatically make me ta to some of you but I really need advice please) and thought I was here to arrest my daughter and her friends.
I had no plans to but I sort of blurted out that if they let me take the problem students for the weekend, they could spend the weekend in our youth program and I basically implied that would be enough of a punishment nothing had to go on anyone's record. Since these two only cared about punishing my daughter for engaging in self defense they agreed, but we don't actually have that sort of program?
We don't often let people under 18 even in the base, I just made it up so my daughter wouldn't be expelled.
If it was just her we'd be fine but there are four other kids I have to take for the weekend now and we have nothing for them to do and I'm worried it'll be more trouble if I just let them go home and hope they don't say anything or get caught.
But here we are, so is this an abuse of power? Am I the TA for giving my friends extra work? Should I have said that one of the kids was my daughter?
ksabhlsjafgdjskf ok Rowan Oliver for the thing but THIS TIME I ask questions Is there anyone who your OC would die for?
Which canon character respects your OC most? What gained that respect?
Which canon character does your OC respect a lot?
Which canon character does your OC not respect at all? Why?
OKAY. ROWAN OLIVER OUR BABY GIRL.
Is there anyone your OC would die for?: Honestly anyone with no hesitation. She’s a Ranger through and through. Cerise especially though, and Tommy or Kat but they’d die for her first.
Which canon character respects your OC most?: What gained that respect?: Does Sky count before he finds out she’s dating his daughter? Actually I kinda wanna say Clare— Rowan knows how magic works before Udonna even has to explain and is very capable with it right off the bat.
Which canon character does your OC respect most?: TOMMY. TOMMY FUCKING OLIVER. That is her Uncle Tommy and he’s the fucking coolest. I mean any Ranger in the Ranger universe would respect Tommy Oliver but Rowan is his niece and loves him so fucking much.
Which canon character does your OC not respect at all?: Oh. This is a fun one. Rowan respects a lot of people, it’s really hard to make her not respect you, but. Kinda Sky Tate, but only the version of him pre-Character Development. Look, when you’re a female red ranger talking to the guy who said a girl can’t be a red ranger, you’re going to be pretty fucking annoyed by him.