This paper explores the results of a study about the interaction between parents and principals throughout British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. For the study, 25 schools and parent councils were involved, and examples from 11 parents are included here. These parents describe school councils operating in a "friendship,""foe,"…

The experiences of British Columbia and Ontario elementary and secondary school parents with their school and parent advisory councils are described in this paper. The study relies on narrative research, and many of the stories focus on interactions between parents and the principal. The study describes different visions of reality by sharing the…